Kolkata, Nov. 4 -- The Election Commission's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal has brought renewed focus on the state's unusually sharp rise in voter numbers over the past two decades.
According to data from the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office, information for 2,45,71,114 voters- 32.06 per cent of the total electorate- has so far been successfully matched as part of the mapping exercise. Bengal currently has 7,66,37,529 registered voters spread across 294 Assembly constituencies.
The mapping process involves cross-verifying the names in the latest electoral roll with those from the 2002 SIR list, the last such exercise conducted in the state.
It also checks for familial links, such as wheth...