India, March 23 -- The Election Commission is likely to publish the first supplementary voters' list for poll-bound West Bengal on Monday evening as part of the on-going SIR exercise, officials said.

The list will be released in the same manner as the final electoral roll, with copies sent to district election officers and subsequently displayed at polling booths across the state, they said.

"The adjudication process has been extensive, and a significant number of cases, over 27 lakh, have already been resolved after due verification. The supplementary list transparently incorporates these outcomes," an EC official said.

These 27 lakh voters were among 60 lakh who were marked as "under adjudication" in the final voters' list published...