West Bengal SIR Final List: Over 69 Lakh Names Excluded, What Do Calculations Show?

• The final SIR list for West Bengal is set to be published today, February 28, as per Supreme Court directives.
• Initial calculations suggest a total of 69,32,595 names could be excluded from the voter list.
• Before SIR, West Bengal had over 7.66 crore voters; the first draft excluded 58,20,595 names.
• Notices were sent to 1.20 crore people for 'logical discrepancy' and 32 lakh for being 'unmapped'.
• Approximately 4.98 lakh people were absent from hearings, and 6.14 lakh declared ineligible.