Supreme Court to Review Trinamool's Claims on Electoral Roll Deletions Impacting Election Results
Will hear Trinamool pleas on victory margins being less than deleted votes in SIR, says Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court of India will examine claims by Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee that deletions during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls affected election results in West Bengal. The BJP won 207 seats, while Trinamool secured 80, with many victory margins reportedly less than the deleted votes.
- 01Supreme Court will review Trinamool Congress claims regarding electoral roll deletions.
- 02BJP won 207 seats in the West Bengal Assembly elections, while Trinamool secured 80.
- 03Over 34 lakh appeals were filed against exclusions from the electoral roll.
- 04The adjudication process for appeals is expected to take years.
- 05The Supreme Court has requested a report on pending appeals from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
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The Supreme Court of India has agreed to review claims made by Mamata Banerjee, leader of the Trinamool Congress, regarding the impact of deletions during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on the recent Assembly election results in West Bengal. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured 207 seats in the 294-seat Assembly, while the Trinamool Congress won 80 seats. Senior advocate Kalyan Bandhopadhyay, representing the Trinamool, highlighted that in 31 constituencies, the victory margins of the BJP were less than the number of votes deleted during the SIR. As of May 11, voters had filed over 34 lakh appeals against their exclusion from the electoral roll due to
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The outcome of this review could significantly affect the political landscape in West Bengal, potentially leading to changes in representation if the court finds merit in the claims.
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