Bengal SIR: Muslims comprise 40% of voters deleted in Bhabanipur during adjudication, shows study
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More than 40% of the voters deleted in West Bengal’s Bhabanipur seat during adjudication as part of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls were Muslims, even though the community comprises only about 20% of the population in the constituency, an analysis by a Kolkata-based research organisation found on Wednesday.
Trinamool Congress chief and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is the MLA from Bhabanipur. In the upcoming Assembly election as well, Banerjee will contest the seat against Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari.
The analysis by the Sabar Institute showed that among voters found to be absent, shifted, dead or duplicate entries, the share of Muslims – 22.7% – was broadly in line with the community’s population.
However, Muslims constituted 40.1% of the voters deleted from the supplementary lists released after an adjudication process, the research organisation found. “These deletions are triggered by minor spelling mismatches or arbitrary criteria like ‘too many siblings’,” Sabar Institute said on social media.
🔗 Bhabanipur Supplementary List data — Public Repository
— SABAR Institute (@SabarInstitute_) April 8, 2026
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🚨 Muslim voters disproportionately targeted in Supplementary List deletions in Bhabanipur AC
In the constituency represented by WB CM Mamata Banerjee:
ASDD deletions (Absent, Shifted, Dead,… pic.twitter.com/1g2XiyuNQz
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