At least 82% of voters deleted during Bengal SIR have appealed against removal, EC data shows
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The Election Commission has informed the Supreme Court that of the 38.2 lakh appeals filed before tribunals against decisions taken during the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal, 22.2 lakh were filed by voters whose names had been deleted from the electoral rolls.
These 22.2 lakh appeals make up around 82% of the 27 lakh voters whose names were deleted and placed under adjudication during the revision ahead of the Assembly elections.
At least 16.1 lakh appeals were filed against the inclusion of voters. The Election Commission did not specify who had filed these appeals.
The poll panel made the submission in a reply to an application filed by Derek O’Brien, an MP of the former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress.
The Election Commission data also stated that of the 38.2 lakh appeals, around 1.2 lakh had been decided by the time of the submission – which translates to 3.1% of the total appeals filed. The tribunals had started hearing appeals in April.
Data submitted in an annexure to the court showed that 93% of the appeals decided by the tribunals resulted in the inclusion of voters in the electoral rolls.
On August 6, The Telegraph quoted an unidentified poll official as saying that only 7 lakh of the...