Overview
- An Election Commission bulletin says 37.05 crore enumeration forms have been delivered to voters out of about 51 crore across 12 states and UTs, with 99.41% of forms printed and house-to-house enumeration running from November 4 to December 4.
- In West Bengal, the CEO reports 6.99 crore forms distributed (91.19%) by Wednesday night and expects distribution to finish by Friday, after earlier lag in some constituencies including Kolkata.
- The Supreme Court has issued notice to the ECI on challenges to the October 27 order launching Phase II, set detailed hearings for November 26–27, and asked High Courts to keep related cases in abeyance.
- The ECI has eased Booth Level Agent criteria to allow appointments from anywhere within the same Assembly constituency when same-part agents are unavailable, a move the TMC criticises as favouring the BJP and which the BJP defends.
- UIDAI officials informed the West Bengal CEO that about 32–34 lakh Aadhaar numbers were deactivated following deaths, and election authorities have sought this data for use in SIR hearings, as reports underscore heavy workloads on BLOs including one reported on-duty death.