Of 90 lakh voters excluded by SIR in West Bengal, 63% are Hindus, 34% are Muslims

Muslim voters account for more than a third of the 90 lakh names removed from West Bengal’s electoral rolls during the course of the special intensive revision (SIR) process, disproportionately higher than their share of the State’s population.

A comparison of booth level data before and after the SIR shows that 57.47 lakh, or 63% of the deleted voters are Hindus, while 31.1 lakh or 34% are Muslims. This figure assumes significance because Muslims accounted for only 27% of the State’s population as per the last census in 2011. In absolute terms, however, Hindus account for the largest number of deletions.