The Election Commission of India has enforced strict measures for West Bengal’s April 23 polls, including 100-metre security perimeters, multi-level voter verification, and door-to-door slip distribution to ensure free, fair, and disturbance-free voting across 152 constituencies
The Supreme Court directed States to provide additional staff to the Election Commission to ease the workload on booth-level officers engaged in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, following complaints of extreme pressure, FIRs, and deaths by suicide among BLOs
The Election Commission reported major progress in Phase II of the Special Intensive Revision, with 99.83% Enumeration Forms distributed across 12 states and UTs and 93.27% digitisation completed. Uttar Pradesh leads in electorate size but trails in digitisation
The Election Commission reported 99.02 per cent distribution of Enumeration Forms in Phase II of the Special Intensive Revision 2025 across 12 states and UTs. Digitisation remains slow at 39.29 per cent. Goa and Lakshadweep lead distribution, while Kerala lags in digitisation
