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Election Commission puts West Bengal voter roll revision under strict watch
West Bengal | Nov 19, 2025, 06:48 AM ISTDuring the discussions, Gyanesh Bharti reaffirmed EC’s firm zero-tolerance stance toward any administrative lapses in the Special Intensive Revision process. An official said Bharti emphasised the Commission’s strict directive to maintain transparency and precision at every stage.
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AI facial checks to scan out fake, deceased voters as EC tightens scrutiny in Bengal SIR
West Bengal | Nov 18, 2025, 11:01 AM ISTThe Election Commission is introducing AI-driven facial matching technology during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal to identify duplicate and fake voters. Despite the new system, booth-level officers will continue to handle on-ground verification.
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Kerala govt moves Supreme Court to defer SIR revision amid local body elections
India | Nov 18, 2025, 09:39 AM ISTThe State argues that conducting the SIR simultaneously with the upcoming Local Self-Government Institution (LSGI) elections on December 9 and 11 will cause major administrative strain.
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Compared to 2020, which parties gained and which ones lost seats in the Bihar elections?
Bihar | Nov 15, 2025, 12:54 PM ISTBihar Election Results 2025: This year’s results show significant seat losses for several parties compared to the 2020 elections, including a major setback for Tejashwi Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which saw its tally plummet.
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'Cut my throat but...': Mamata Banerjee urges EC to withdraw SIR, calls it 'votebandi'
West Bengal | Nov 10, 2025, 05:48 PM ISTBanerjee urged ECI to withdraw the exercise, pondering what was the need to conduct the SIR drive just before the elections. Dubbing it as 'super emergency', she said the BJP could jail her or slit her throat for criticising the SIR, but it should not snatch the rights of people to vote.
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'If single eligible voter removed, we would ensure fall of BJP govt': Mamata Banerjee on SIR
Kolkata | Nov 04, 2025, 05:50 PM ISTSpeaking at a massive rally in Kolkata, she criticised the Election Commission for rushing the SIR, which took two years in 2002 but is now being completed in a month, and demanded transparency on how many Rohingyas and Bangladeshi nationals were identified in Bihar.
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Bengal SIR: Enumeration forms to list of docs, all you need to know before BLOs reach your doorstep
Bihar | Nov 04, 2025, 11:59 AM ISTWest Bengal SIR begins today: All BLOs will carry identity cards bearing QR codes, which can be scanned to verify the identity details of the officer concerned from the Election Commission website.
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Tamil Nadu SIR: DMK moves Supreme Court against voter list revision ahead of assembly polls
Tamil Nadu | Nov 03, 2025, 07:13 PM ISTThis came a day after DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, MK Stalin, convened an all-party meeting and decided to move the top court against the second phase of voter list revision in 12 States and Union Territories, including Tamil Nadu.
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West Bengal: 48 Bangladeshi nationals arrested while trying to flee India after SIR announcement
Kolkata | Nov 02, 2025, 10:15 PM ISTThirty-three were caught on Sunday and 15 on Saturday night. A day earlier, 45 others—including women and children—were detained in a similar attempt at Hakimpur.
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Bettiah Election 2025: BJP's Renu Devi faces tough triangular battle despite strong winning record
Bihar | Oct 30, 2025, 11:35 AM ISTHot seats in Bihar Assembly Election 2025: In the 2020 Bettiah Assembly elections, the constituency had a total of 1,60,010 registered voters, including 81,785 men, 77,303 women, and one transgender voter. Additionally, there were 921 valid postal ballots counted.
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EC lists documents for voter roll update in 9 states and 3 UTs, check what's required
India | Oct 27, 2025, 11:53 PM ISTThe CEC further clarified that in Assam, where polls are also due in 2026, the revision of electoral rolls will be announced separately.
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Election Commission announces Phase 2 of SIR in 12 states/UTs, including Bengal and UP, after Bihar
India | Oct 27, 2025, 11:53 PM ISTGyanesh Kumar said all Chief Electoral Officers and District Electoral Officers have been directed to meet political parties and brief them on the SIR process by day after tomorrow.
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EC press conference: Bengal and UP to witness voter roll revision, SIR in Assam separately
India | Oct 27, 2025, 08:03 PM ISTEC press conference: The poll body said the second phase of the SIR exercise will be carried out across 12 states and UTs. Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, and Puducherry are scheduled to go to polls next year.
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Election Commission to announce first phase of pan-India SIR of voter rolls today
India | Oct 27, 2025, 12:00 AM ISTThe first phase is expected to cover 10 to 15 states, including those preparing for Assembly elections in 2026. Full details of the exercise are yet to be released.
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Election Commission to begin SIR in Tamil Nadu from next week; other poll-bound states to follow
India | Oct 25, 2025, 11:52 AM ISTDuring the revision, the EC said it would consider the complaint by former AIADMK MLA B Sathyanarayanan, who sought a full and transparent re-verification of votes in 229 booths of the T Nagar Assembly constituency.
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Nearly 3.5 crore voter records matched with 2002 data in Bengal ahead of SIR rollout: Poll official
Kolkata | Oct 15, 2025, 11:08 PM ISTAs per reports, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will start in West Bengal by the first or second week of November.
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Aurangabad Assembly Election 2025: Constituency profile, past winners, margin, party-wise candidate
Bihar | Oct 26, 2025, 06:37 AM ISTAurangabad Assembly Election 2025: In 2020, Anand Shankar Singh of the Congress won the seat by defeating BJP candidate Ramadhar Singh with a margin of 2,243 votes.
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EC likely to roll out SIR across India in phases beginning with states where polls due next year
India | Oct 10, 2025, 04:38 PM ISTChief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said that the work is in progress to launch SIR of electoral rolls in all states and a final decision on its rollout will be taken by the Election Commission soon.
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Supreme Court says SIR is prerogative of ECI, any directive to them would amount to interference
India | Oct 07, 2025, 11:58 PM ISTThe Supreme Court has reaffirmed the Election Commission's autonomy over Bihar's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, directing it to submit data on 3.66 lakh excluded voters. The ECI clarified that most additions are of new voters and no complaints have been received so far.
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Bihar loses 47 lakh voters as Election Commission releases final voter list after SIR: Details
Bihar | Sep 30, 2025, 06:32 PM ISTThe Election Commission of India released the final electoral roll for Bihar on Tuesday, marking the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, which had not been conducted in the state for 22 years.