West Bengal Polls: 11 assembly constituencies in Kolkata lose seven lakh electors

KOLKATA: This assembly election, the electoral list in Kolkata has been thinned by a whopping 7 lakh voters.

While 11 assembly segments in Kolkata North and South already lost 6,29,428 voters due to "deceased", "shifted", and "logical discrepancy"-related deletions, another 67,732, who were under adjudication, have been struck off roll on Tuesday.


After the latest deletions, seven assembly segments in Kolkata North combined have lost almost 30% of their total voters, making it the highest in terms of deletion percentage in the entire state. Kolkata South, which has four assembly segments, is second on the list with 27.5% deletions.

According to EC data on Tuesday, nearly 64% of individuals (39,164 out of 61,236 voters) under adjudication in Kolkata North were deemed ineligible, while in Kolkata South, 36% of voters (28,468 out of 78,657 voters) under adjudication were found ineligible.

Prior to SIR, Kolkata North — with seven assembly segments of Chowringhee, Entally, Beleghata, Jorasanko, Shyampukur, Maniktala and Cossipore-Belgachhia — had 15,06,339 voters. After publication of the fresh list of deleted "under adjudication" voters on Tuesday, total number of voters has come down to 10,58,798. This means a total of 4,47,541 voters were deleted.

"On Tuesday, the ECI published a list where 39,164 out of 61,236 voters in Kolkata North who were under adjudication were termed ineligible to vote. In my constituency, at least 2,100 such voters under adjudication have been deleted. I know many of them personally. They are all legal citizens of India. The ECI and BJP are snatching people's basic rights in their nasty attempt to win the election," said Shashi Panja, minister and TMC candidate in Shyampukur.

A Trinamool source said, "Different wards under the Chowringhee constituency witnessed significant deletions. For example, the minority-dominated ward 44 saw 2,700 deletions out of 3,789 under-adjudication cases. Similarly, in Jorasanko AC, around 62% have been deleted so far from 5,652, who were on under-adjudication list."

TMC candidate in Chowringhee, Nayna Bandyopadhyay, said, "Chowringhee has a mixed population where Bengalis, Muslims, Biharis, Odias, Anglo-Indians and Christians have been living for decades. The SIR is stripping genuine voters of their rights. Not just Muslims, but a significant number of people from the Odia and Bihari communities, who chose to keep their voting rights in Bengal, have also been deleted. Dalit votes have also been cut."

Kolkata South — with four assembly segments of Bhowanipore, Ballygunge, Rashbehari and Kolkata Port — had 9,07,456 voters prior to the SIR. After the publication of the fresh list on Tuesday, where 28,468 voters were found "not eligible", the total number of electors has dipped to 6,57,837. Total deletion here stands at 2,49,619 voters. "BJP and the ECI have targeted voters from minority section and deleted their names. But, there have been many who fought their way to get their names back on the roll. Our party helped them," said an aide of Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, TMC candidate in Ballygunge.
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