New Delhi: As West Bengal gears up for the 2026 Assembly elections, political parties have flooded the Election Commission with more than two lakh claims and objections during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) emerging as the most active by registering over 77,000 submissions.
According to the Chief Electoral Officer’s latest bulletin, between December 17 and 30, parties collectively filed 207,001 claims and objections. TMC topped the list with 77,091, followed by BJP with 60,186, CPI(M) with 49,079, and Congress with 18,733. Smaller parties like BSP and All India Forward Bloc contributed minimally.
Interestingly, across all parties, there were only eight requests for adding names and none for deletions, indicating a focus on inclusions amid the contentious process.
This comes separately from general voters’ submissions, which included thousands of Form 6 (additions) and Form 7 (deletions).
The SIR, aimed at cleaning up the voter list with over 7 crore electors in the draft roll, has sparked intense scrutiny. Hearings for “unmapped” voters and objections are underway at thousands of centres, with the claims period extending till January 15, 2026.
As parties mobilise booth-level agents to safeguard voter interests, this surge in filings underscores the high-stakes battle for electoral fairness in the state