There is big news for the voters of West Bengal. The Election Commission has released the draft of the voter list of the state under Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Voters can now easily check their names through the official website and mobile app of the Election Commission. Along with this, the draft voter list is also being published today in 4 other states and union territories of the country.

Draft voter list available on website and app
The Election Commission said that the draft voter list is available on the official website of the Election Commission, voters.eci.gov.in. Apart from this, this list can also be seen on the ECINET app of the Commission. ECINET app can be downloaded from Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

List will be released today in these states and union territories also
Apart from West Bengal, draft voter lists of Rajasthan, Goa, Puducherry and Lakshadweep will also be published on Tuesday under special intensive revision of voter lists. The calculation period of SIR has been completed in all these states and union territories.

Draft list will also be given to political parties
The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and District Electoral Officer (DEO) will share a copy of the draft voter list with all recognized political parties. Along with this, the draft voter list will also be uploaded on the official websites of CEO and DEO.

List of dead, transferred and absent voters will also be released
The Election Commission has clarified that separate lists of absentee, transferred and dead voters will also be uploaded on the websites of the CEO and DEO, so that transparency can be maintained and objections can be filed.

SIR deadline was extended in many states
Last week, the Election Commission had extended the SIR deadline in five states and one Union Territory on the request of the CEOs. These include Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Different dates fixed for different states
According to the Commission, the counting period in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat has been extended till December 14 and the draft voter list there will be released on December 19. In Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Andaman-Nicobar, counting will continue till December 18 and the list will be published on December 23. In Uttar Pradesh, counting will continue till December 26 and the draft list will be released on December 31.

Separate program for Kerala
The program has already been amended for Kerala. The counting period in the state will end on December 18 and the draft voter list will be published on December 23.

(With PTI-language inputs)

Bihar Assembly Election 2025: Voting for the assembly elections in Bihar is going to be held on 6th and 11th November. The results of the voting will be declared on November 14. Meanwhile, let us know how the Election Commission decides how many people will vote at which booth. Let us know what are the rules for this.

Limit on number of voters per booth

It is a very important job of the Election Commission to ensure that voters can cast their vote easily, safely and without any confusion. For this, a system called rationalization of polling stations is followed by the Commission. This system decides how many voters there will be at each polling center and where those centers will be located.

Let us tell you that the Election Commission usually sets a limit of 1500 voters for each polling station. This helps in avoiding crowding, reducing long queues and allowing the voting process to continue throughout the day without any hassle. However, this number may vary depending on the geographical conditions of the area. Polling stations can also be set up for very small numbers of voters in remote, forested areas, hilly or sparsely populated areas.

What are the remaining rules?

Along with this, there is also a rule that voters have to travel only two kilometers to reach their polling station. This ensures easy access to polling stations and helps in increasing the voting percentage. Under this rule, people living in remote villages, tribal areas or small settlements do not face any difficulty in exercising their franchise.

Auxiliary polling station for crowded polling stations

Whenever the number of voters in a particular area exceeds the limit of 1500, an auxiliary polling station is set up by the Election Commission. This support center is established in the same building or in the surrounding premises. These polling stations are marked by adding letters like A, B and C after the polling station number.

Selection of location of polling stations

Polling stations are usually set up in government buildings such as schools or community halls. This is because these are public places and it becomes very easy for voters to identify them.

decision making process

This entire process starts by analyzing the voter list of every assembly constituency. From this it can be known how many voters live in each area. After this, based on this number and distance rules, the District Election Officer prepares a list of polling stations. This list is then shared with recognized political parties. After this they give suggestions or raise objections. After reviewing all the processes the final list is sent to the Chief Electoral Officer of the state and finally to the Election Commission of India for approval.

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In view of the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025, the Political Budget, which started on the special intensive revision (SIR) being conducted in the state by the Election Commission (ECI), is not taking the name of stopping. Meanwhile, there is talk of special intensive revision in the entire country by the Election Commission.

Giving information in a post on social media platform X on Friday (July 25, 2025), news agency ANI said that the Election Commission said in its June 24 order on the revision of voter lists that to keep the constitution rules to protect the voter lists, it has now decided to start the SIR in the entire country. A program will be released for this in the rest of the country.

Election Commission of India in Its 24th June Order on Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls Stated, “Commission has now deceded to begin the special intelligent revision for discharge of its constitutional mandate to protect the integrity of… pic.twitter.com/maixgensat

– ANI (@ani) July 25, 2025

Learn what is special intensive revision (SIR)
The Election Commission says that to make the voter list transparent, it is necessary to review it from time to time, so that the disqualified persons involved in it can be removed and the correction of the election can be increased. The Election Commission had explained its importance by responding on the protest on SIR on the previous day.

The Election Commission said that the Constitution of India is the mother of Indian democracy. Should the Election Commission be blinded by coming under the influence of some people and going against the Constitution, fearing these things. The Commission raised the question that in Bihar, then in the country, the deceased voters, voters who have migrated permanently, voters who have registered votes in two places and fake votes cannot be cast in the name of foreign voters.

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The controversy that started on the verification of the voter list in Bihar is not taking the name of stopping. In Darbhanga, a Congress leader has shared a video, which the opposition is telling an open proof of the collusion of the Election Commission and BJP. The video is from a government school in Darbhanga, where the BLO of the polling station is sitting and next to him, the women’s district president Sapna Bharti is sitting. The Congress leader who made the video questioned the presence of the BJP leader, after which there was a debate on the camera between the two and this video went viral. Tejashwi Yadav shared the video and wrote, “Does any more direct evidence require?” As the dispute escalated, the District Election Officer clarified that the BJP leaders had come to submit documents of their family members, while the BJP woman leader says that she was helping the women of the locality. This year elections are to be held in Bihar and next year in West Bengal. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took out a protest march in Kolkata and said that those who speak Bengali are trying to snatch their rights by calling them Bangladeshi Rohingya and they are being arrested. Mamta Banerjee said that if the Election Commission demands amendment in the voter list before the assembly elections, it will be opposed. At the same time, BJP says that this is very important to happen. BJP leaders clearly say that “We have only one thing in Bihar, start immediately in Bengal. And the scam delete all the names of Rohingya Muslims in it.” BJP believes that in the coming days, situations like Bihar may be seen in West Bengal.

Voter list revision: In protest against the ongoing voter list revision in Bihar, the Grand Alliance has called for Bihar bandh today (Wednesday). Under the leadership of Tejashwi Yadav, the leaders of the Grand Alliance constituents took out a protest march from income tax in Patna. The biggest thing is that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also joined.

According to the schedule, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer was to be siege. Explain that the leaders of the opposition party say that the voter intensive revision should be stopped immediately. He says that it should be done after the assembly elections. The opposition says that the 11 documents being demanded in the voter list revision are not with the poor.

Private schools closed

On Tuesday evening, the workers of the Grand Alliance took out a torch procession to make Bihar bandh a success. During this time, the workers raised anti -government slogans. Appeal to the general public for cooperation in Bihar bandh. This was seen in many other districts. Today all private schools of the state have also been closed. Dr. DK Singh, National President of Bihar Public School and Children’s Welfare Association, has said that all private schools will remain closed.

How is the campaign going on?

On the other hand, under the preparations for the assembly elections in Bihar, the special intensive revision (SIR) campaign of the voter list is in progress. The SIR form collection reached about half in 14 days, while 17 days more are left.

According to the Election Commission release, on Tuesday (July 08, 2025), the progress of SIR is likely that the work of the calculation forms will be completed on the last day of the collection i.e. 25 July. According to the Election Commission, the SIR is moving well with 3,70,77,077 calculation forms, which is collected in the first 14 days after the issue of SIR instructions on 24 June (till 6 pm) is 46.95 percent of the total 7,89,69,844 (about 7.90 crore) voters of Bihar.