India, April 8 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) published data by districts for the post-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) adjudication process for six million electors in West Bengal on Tuesday. The fate of all but 22,163 of the 6,006,675 electors who were put through the adjudication process has been decided: 45% of those under adjudication have already been found ineligible as voters. These electors will not be able to vote in the forthcoming elections, although there is still a possibility that they might become eligible at a later stage. What does this entail for the state's elector rolls ahead of elections? Here is what an HT analysis of the data shows.

West Bengal has lost 8.9 million electors from its pre-SIR elector coun...