Appellate tribunals set up as part of the special intensive revision process in West Bengal on Tuesday allowed 1,468 names to be added back to the electoral rolls, a day ahead of the second phase of the state Assembly election, The Indian Express reported.

Six names were removed from the voter lists, according to the newspaper. Out of these, five are Muslims, and one is a Hindu woman, said Kolkata-based research organisation Sabar Institute.

The 1,468 electors added back to the rolls can vote on Wednesday, the Hindustan Times quoted an unidentified Election Commission official as saying.

“The polling station-wise names of voters, whose names have been included or deleted, has been uploaded on the website,” the official was quoted as saying. “We would also give a copy of the updated list to the political parties, candidates, the returning officers and district election officers. The individual electors would be informed through the booth level officers.”

However, there was no clarity on how many cases could be heard by the tribunals before the polling begins for the second phase of West Bengal elections on Wednesday.

Earlier, the Election Commission had said that the 19 appellate tribunals had received 34 lakh applications. Of these, seven lakh were against names being included in the rolls and 27 lakh were filed by persons who were excluded.

In the second phase of the West Bengal election, polling will take place in 142 Assembly constituencies. The first phase of polling in the state was held on April 23. Votes will be counted on May 4.

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Ahead of the first phase of the election on April 23, the Election Commission added the names of 139 voters whose appeals had been accepted by the appellate tribunals. The names of eight voters were deleted from the rolls.

On April 16, the Supreme Court directed the Election Commission to publish a supplementary electoral roll in West Bengal to include voters whose appeals against deletions have been accepted by the appellate tribunals.

Persons whose appeals have been cleared by the tribunals before April 21 should be included for voting in the first phase of Assembly elections, the court had said. Those who are cleared by April 27 should be included in the final electoral rolls for the second phase of the polls, it added.

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The Election Commission on February 28 published the final electoral roll for West Bengal, showing that more than 61 lakh voters had been excluded. However, the process had continued with about 60 lakh “doubtful and pending” cases remaining under adjudication based on their objections to their exclusions from the draft rolls published in December.

Several supplementary lists were released, in which the names of more voters were included.

The process had concluded on April 6 after judicial officers adjudicated the 60 lakh claims and objections. However, voters who were removed during the adjudication process could appeal in 19 tribunals set up for the purpose.

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