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  Election Commission puts West Bengal voter roll revision under strict watch

  West Bengal | November 19, 2025 6:48 IST

  During 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 | November 18, 2025 11:01 IST

  The 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 | November 18, 2025 9:39 IST

  The 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 | November 15, 2025 12:54 IST

  Bihar 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 | November 10, 2025 17:48 IST

  Banerjee 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 | November 04, 2025 17:50 IST

  Speaking 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 | November 04, 2025 11:59 IST

  West 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 | November 03, 2025 19:13 IST

  This 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 | November 02, 2025 22:15 IST

  Thirty-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 | October 30, 2025 11:35 IST

  Hot 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 | October 27, 2025 23:53 IST

  The 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 | October 27, 2025 23:53 IST

  Gyanesh 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 | October 27, 2025 20:03 IST

  EC 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 | October 27, 2025 0:00 IST

  The 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 | October 25, 2025 11:52 IST

  During 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 | October 15, 2025 23:08 IST

  As 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 | October 26, 2025 6:37 IST

  Aurangabad 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 | October 10, 2025 16:38 IST

  Chief 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 | October 07, 2025 23:58 IST

  The 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 | September 30, 2025 18:32 IST

  The 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.