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TMC's Claim of Losing 31 Seats Due to SIR Exclusion is Wrong: Election Commission to SC
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News18•26-09-2026, 19:17
TMC's Claim of Losing 31 Seats Due to SIR Exclusion is Wrong: Election Commission to SC
- •The Election Commission informed the Supreme Court that the claim of TMC losing 31 assembly seats in West Bengal due to SIR exclusion is incorrect.
- •This statement was made in response to a case filed by TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien.
- •According to the Commission, the statistics cited by Derek O'Brien incorrectly combine different categories of name exclusions from the voter list.
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The Election Commission stated in the Supreme Court that the TMC's claim of losing 31 assembly seats due to voter name exclusions during the SIR process is incorrect, noting that statistics relied upon by the party incorrectly combined different name-exclusion categories.
The case challenging the SIR voter list process and exclusions in West Bengal was filed by TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien.
The Commission asserted that the figures cited to claim electoral losses wrongly combined distinct categories of voter list exclusions together.
