Cooch Behar top list of 'under adjudication' voters

Three border-adjacent Assembly constituencies in West Bengal's Cooch Behar -- Dinhata, Sitai and Sitalkuchi -- together account for the highest number of voters whose names are currently "under adjudication" in the district, election officials said.

According to Chief Electoral Officer statistics, across the nine Assembly segments of Cooch Behar district, a total of 2,38,107 electors are marked as "under adjudication".

Of these, 1,03,548 voters come from just the three border constituencies, 35,932 in Dinhata, 36,405 in Sitai and 31,201 in Sitalkuchi, the data show.

The adjudication category includes voters whose entries were flagged during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and are now subject to further scrutiny before their voting status can be confirmed.

Officials say the process is part of a routine, Supreme Court-mandated revision of electoral rolls aimed at removing ineligible entries and ensuring accuracy.