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BEngal SIR outline rolls highlights: The outline electoral rolls feature been published for poll-bound w Bengal and Election direction sources told HT that over 58 lakh names were removed from the voters' list. The poll panel will receive claims and objections from voters and political parties.The publication of draft rolls marks the end of the enumeration phase, but it would now lead to another schedule involving the claims and objections period, with hearings and verification as part of the notice phase, and finally arrive at the release of the final electoral rolls.The SIR exercise, which has created a massive controversy in Bengal and received pushback from the ruling TMC, comes ahead of the elections to the 294-member assembly next year.Ahead of the publication of the draft electoral rolls, the poll body released a list of names deleted from Bengal's SIR draft voter list due to death, relocation, duplication, missing information, and other reasons. The exact number of voters deleted from West Bengal's draft voter list is 5,820,898, (more than 58 lakh or 5.8 million), sources told HT.SIR draft electoral rolls West Bengal | Key pointsDraft electoral rolls of West Bengal and Puducherry have been published. Over 58 lakh names were removed from the voters' list.A total of 1,03,467 names have been deleted in Puducherry as part of SIR, as per a press release.Apart from physical copies, the draft electoral rolls has also been published online on the official websites of the respective chief electoral officers (CEOs) and district electoral officers (DEOs), officials said.The SIR process has already ignited fire in West Bengal, with CM Mamata Banerjee accusing the Centre and EC of unlawfully deleting names of voters before the assembly polls.The schedule of the SIR process was announced on October 27, and the process began on November 4.The final list of electoral rolls will be published on February 14, 2026.The Election Commission has directed CEOs and DEOs to share hard copies of the draft electoral rolls with all the recognised political parties to ensure transparency in the process.

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