In West Bengal, like in Tamil Nadu and Bihar, more women than men were deleted during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, an analysis of polling station-level data shows. While 58 lakh electors were deleted from the elector list, this analysis is based on the 56 lakh deleted electors for whom polling station-level data were available on the Chief Electoral Officer’s website.

Nearly 4 lakh more women were deleted than men in the State, analysis shows. Notably, in over 850 polling stations, over 75% of those deleted were women, which hints at gender-bias in deletions. Seven other such anomalies were seen in West Bengal’s deleted rolls data when analysed at the polling-station level. From excessive deletions to unusually high young deaths, here some of the key findings:

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