New Delhi/Kolkata, Dec. 14 -- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal is set to remove around 5.82 million names and four out of the five assembly constituencies with potentially the highest percentage of deletions are in the state capital of Kolkata, an analysis of election commission data showed on Saturday. The enumeration phase of the controversial exercise in the state, which goes to the polls in the summer of 2026, ended on Thursday night. In all, 7.6% of the 76.64 million electors in the eastern state might be removed, similar to the 8% deletions seen after the SIR in Bihar earlier this year. The draft roll will be published on Tuesday. The final roll will be published in February next year. "The total number of uncollectible forms in the state till Saturday morning, which includes dead, duplicate, shifted and untraceable voters, stood at 5.82 million. The number may rise further," a senior official said, requesting anonymity. The districts with the highest possible deletions are likely to be Kolkata (25.1%), Paschim Bardhaman (13.2%) and Howrah (10.8%). Districts with the lowest likely deletions are Purba Medinipur (4.6%), Bankura (4.4%), and Cooch Behar (3.3%). The analysis showed that the five constituencies that are likely to have the highest percentage of deletions - Jorasanko, Chowringhee, Howrah Uttar, Kolkata Port, and Ballygunge - are all in Kolkata or in its suburbs. Forms could not be collected from 36.8%, 35.4%, 27%, 26.2%, and 25.5% electors, respectively, in these seats, according to data. All five seats were won by the ruling TMC in 2021. The five seats that are likely to have the fewest deletions are Katulpur, Nandakumar, Sabang, Karimpur, and Patashpur. They are likely to see deletions in the 2.2%-2.5% range, data showed. The TMC won four of the five seats in 2021, with the exception of Katulpur, which was won by the Bharatiya Janata Party. In absolute terms, the highest number of deletions are likely to be in Kolkata, Hooghly, Howrah, South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas, data showed. These districts are strongholds of the TMC, which stormed to a third consecutive term in 2021 with 213 seats. At least 818,431 names are likely to be dropped from South 24 Parganas, 792,133 from North 24 Parganas district, 447,340 from Howrah, 390,390 from Kolkata North and 318,874 from Hooghly, data showed. Names of at least 44,770 voters are likely to be dropped in south Kolkata's Bhowanipore, the assembly constituency of chief minister Mamata Banerjee. "Around 44770 enumeration forms could not be collected from voters in Bhowanipore assembly constituency. This includes 10901 dead voters, 19456 untraceable, 12545 who have shifted and 1101 duplicate voters," said a senior official. At least 10,604 names are likely to be deleted from the electoral roll in Nandigram in East Midnapore, accounting for 3.8% of the constituency's electorate. This proportion is the 40th lowest among the state's 294 assembly constituencies. ECI data recorded 76.64 million electors in West Bengal as on October 27, 2025. Of this, 70.82 million had their electoral forms digitised by December 13 (92.4%), but forms could not be collected from 5.82 million (7.6%). The reason for the 5.82 million uncollected forms is death in the case of 2.42 million electors, untraceable/absent electors for 1.22 million, permanently shifted electors for 1.99 million, already enrolled electors for 0.14 million, and a miscellaneous "others" category for 0.06 million. Among the 70.82 million digitised, 38.28 million (54.1%) mapped themselves to the 2002 roll through their relatives, 29.39 million (41.5%) mapped themselves to the 2002 roll, and 3.12 million (4.4%) had no mapping to the 2002 roll. HT's analysis found that there appeared to be no direct correlation between seats with maximum potential deletions and TMC victories....