West Bengal opens Form 6 camps for eligible voters omitted in SIR
Quick dive
- West Bengal said eligible voters whose names were left out under the absent, shifted, dead or duplicate category can seek inclusion through Form 6.
- More than 58 lakh names marked ASDD were omitted from the draft roll published in December 2025.
- The Chief Electoral Officer said camps had begun in Hooghly locations and the ASDD list was published online and through District Electoral Officers.
- Uncertainty remains over whether people deleted as ineligible after adjudication, and voters whose appeals are pending before appellate tribunals, can use the re-enrolment route.
- exam_relevance: tests the specific Form 6 remedy, ASDD classification and the administrative difference between draft-roll omissions and adjudicated/pending cases; UPSC Prelims 2017 asked about electoral-roll revision and Mains GS2 has covered ECI autonomy, so this procedural distinction can generate a precise question.
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