Archive · 26 Dec 2025
EC Trains Micro Observers for Unmapped Voters in Bengal
The Election Commission in India has trained around 3,500 central government officers to be micro-observers.
These officers will check the documents of people who are not yet linked to the electoral rolls, called unmapped voters.
They will work at 3,234 hearing centers in Bengal.
The goal is to make sure everyone on the voter list is valid.
The EC will use the reports from these observers to prepare the final list of voters.
This process is important to ensure fair elections.
The observers will also check for any mistakes or discrepancies in the voter documents.
The final list will be published on February 14, 2025.
The EC has also developed special software to help with this process.
Voters might need to show different documents to prove they are eligible to vote.
The Election Commission trained 3,500 central government officers as micro-observers to verify unmapped voters in Bengal.
Micro-observers will be deployed at 3,234 hearing centers to check documents of voters called for hearings.
The EC will consider the reports from micro-observers to prepare the final electoral rolls in Bengal.
Micro-observers will verify documents against digitized enumeration forms and registrars of birth and death.
The EC initially sent notices to 32 lakh unmapped electors and may later call 85 lakh voters with serious discrepancies for hearings.
- Who
- Election Commission of India and 3,500 central government officers
- What
- Training of electoral roll micro-observers to verify unmapped voters
- When
- December 27 (hearing starts), February 14, 2025 (final rolls publication)
- Where
- Bengal, India
- Why
- To ensure transparency and accuracy in the electoral rolls by verifying documents of unmapped voters and those with logical discrepancies
- Total Micro Observers Trained
- 3,500
- Hearing Centres in Bengal
- 3,234
- Initial Unmapped Electors Noticed
- 32 lakh
- Voters with Logical Discrepancies
- 1.67 crore
- Voters with Serious Discrepancies
- 85 lakh
- Final Rolls Publication Date
- February 14, 2025
- Institutions Deployed From
- Banks, Coal India, LIC, DVC, Customs
- Total Electors Under Scrutiny
- 1.67 crore
- Electors Issued Notices in First Phase
- 10 lakh
- Draft Electoral Roll Voters
- 7.08 crore
- Names Deleted from Voter List
- 58 lakh
Sources
Poll panel trains hearing micro observers to verify unmapped voters in Bengal - Telegraph India
SIR in Bengal: ECI advises micro-observers to take note of DOB mismatches in hearing sessions
SIR 2.0 in Bengal: With hearings from December 27, here’s how your documents will be verified
Abhishek Banerjee to hold meetings with party leaders on Bengal Assembly polls
