Voter List News - Latest Updates & Headlines
Trinamool to start detailed voters' list review in Bengal from this month
Kolkata, April 12: Trinamool Congress will start a detailed review and verification of the voters' list in West Bengal this month, which will continue for a year.
'Hindi-speaking Hindu voters in Bengal targeted in the name of voters' list review'
Kolkata, March 24: The Hindi-speaking Hindu voters and even some Bengali-speaking voters from the backward communities are being targeted by the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal in 'close association' with some officials in the state administration, Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari told the mediapersons on Monday.
Electoral officers hold 4,000 meetings with parties on booth-level complaints
New Delhi, March 22: Aiming to address the common complaint of alleged bogus voters, 4,123 Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are holding all-party meetings to resolve any pending polling booth level issues as part of a drive initiated by the Election Commission of India, an official said on Saturday.
ECI charts out steps towards strengthening election processes past month
New Delhi, March 20: In under a month of the assumption of charge as the 26th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, the Election Commission led by Gyanesh Kumar along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi has put the entire election machinery right up to the BLO level on a path firmly on course for promoting participation of all electors and ensuring a pleasant experience for them at the polling stations.
Confident that ECI will take right steps to resolve issue of bogus voters: Bengal Guv
Kolkata, March 12: West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Wednesday said that he is quite confident that the Election Commission of India (ECI) will take steps in the right direction in resolving the controversies that have surfaced over the allegations of bogus voters in West Bengal.
Election Commission invites political party chiefs for interaction to further strengthen electoral process
New Delhi, March 11: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has invited suggestions from all national and state political parties by April 30, to address any unresolved electoral issues at the level of Electoral Registration Officers (ERO), District Election Officers (DEO), or Chief Electoral Officers (CEO).
Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
New Delhi, March 11: Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi met Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla on Monday.
Entire opposition wants discussion on voters list: Priyanka Gandhi
New Delhi, March 10: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Monday said that reports of voter list manipulation appear before elections and it is very dangerous for democracy. She said the government should allow discussion on the issue in Parliament.
Hold discussion on voters list in Parliament, demands Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, March 10: The Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi on Monday demanded a detailed discussion in the Parliament on the contentious issue of voters list, citing alleged discrepancies in the electoral rolls and duplication of Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers.
Virtual meeting by Abhishek Banerjee on voters' list verification postponed
Kolkata, March 8: The virtual meeting convened by All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) General secretary and the party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee with the party's district presidents and chairmen on the verification of voters' list in West Bengal has been postponed by a day.
'Duplicate voter-ID numbers': Congress rejects ECI's response, calls it 'feeble and duplicitous'
New Delhi, March 7: Amid a row over 'duplicate' voter identity card numbers, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said it would address the "decades-long" matter in the next three months. However, the Congress has rejected ECI's response, calling it “feeble and duplicitous".
Trinamool Congress to begin door-to-door survey to identify fake voters
Kolkata, March 6: The Trinamool Congress will embark on a door-to-door survey this weekend to identify fake voters included in the state's voters' list. A decision on this count was taken at the first meeting of the party's internal core committee constituted last month to screen the voters' list in West Bengal and identify the bogus voters.
Abhishek Banerjee skips 1st meeting of Trinamool's core committee on screening of voters list in Bengal
Kolkata, March 6: Trinamool Congress General Secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday skipped the crucial first meeting of the core committee of the party set up to screen the voters' list in West Bengal and identify the bogus voters there.
Congress claims Election Commission 'complicit' in voter list 'irregularities'
New Delhi, March 3: Congress has accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of being "complicit" in voter list “manipulation” and stated that it was actively pursuing a remedy through legal, political, legislative, and other means.
Wrong of Mamata Banerjee to call EC mynah in cage, says Union Minister Ramdas Athawale
New Delhi, March 3: Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Monday lashed out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for alleging manipulation in the electoral process.
Trinamool in damage control mode over ECI's statement on duplication of EPIC numbers
Kolkata, March 2: Trinamool Congress is in a damage control mode following a statement from the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday where the commission has indirectly refuted the allegations brought forward by the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee last week of electors of two different states having identical EPIC numbers.
Bengal: BDO under ECI scanner for convening all-party meeting on voters' list
Kolkata, March 1: A Block Development Officer (BDO) in Nadia district of West Bengal has come under the scanner of the Election Commission of India (ECI) for allegedly convening an all-party meeting regarding the post-revision activities of special summary revision of electoral roll in the state without the prior concurrence of the office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO).
Bengal CEO refutes Mamata Banerjee's election manipulation remarks
Kolkata, Feb 28: A day after the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused BJP of manipulating the voters' list in the state through its appointed-agencies and taking into confidence some grassroots level staff involved in electoral enrolment process, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) clarified how the final voter's list is prepared.
West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer refutes CM's election manipulation remarks
Kolkata, March 1: West Bengal's Chief Electoral Officer has refuted the claims of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's allegation of manipulation in the electoral process.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury accuses Trinamool of enlisting bogus voters in Bengal
Kolkata, Feb 28: Former West Bengal Congress chief and the former five-party Lok Sabha member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had accused Trinamool Congress of enlisting several lakhs of the bogus voters in the state with the help of a private agency.
Two BJP-appointed agencies active in Bengal to misappropriate voters list: CM Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, Feb 27: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday claimed that an online agency appointed by the BJP has become active in West Bengal these days to misappropriate the voter list so that voters from other states can vote in the 2026 Assembly elections.
Each of you will be accountable, Kharge tells Cong Gen Secys at party meeting
New Delhi, Feb 19: Addressing a meeting of All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretaries and state incharges here on Wednesday, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge told them that they would be accountable for their respective states' organisational strength and the electoral performance of the party.
Shiv Sena MP Mhaske terms Rahul Gandhi's allegations concerning Maharashtra voter list as childish
New Delhi, February 7: Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske on Friday criticised Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi for his claims of discrepancies in the Maharashtra voter list, calling his statements "false and childish".
Delhi HC directs Election Commission to address voter list duplication
New Delhi, January 15: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Election Commission to address the issue of duplicate voter entries in Delhi's voter list.