Overview
- House-to-house enumeration runs November 4 to December 4 across West Bengal, with draft rolls due December 9 and final publication slated for February 7, 2026.
- All 80,681 booth-level officers have reported after suspension warnings, with trainings completed on process and a BLO mobile app, and special camps arranged in flood-affected northern districts.
- The Election Commission has opened helplines including 1950, enabled a ‘Book-a-Call with BLO’ facility, and posted BLO contact details, and it clarified no documents are required at doorstep enumeration with verification at later hearings if needed.
- After the CEO website crashed under heavy traffic, a new portal (ceowestbengal.wb.gov.in) was launched to host the 2002 base roll and SIR resources, easing checks that can reduce fresh documentation for eligible voters.
- Political and legal scrutiny is rising as the Calcutta High Court admitted a plea for a court-monitored SIR and potential timeline extension, the TMC ordered BLAs to shadow BLOs and set up 6,200 help desks and 294 war rooms, and the EC pressed parties to deploy more BLAs.