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Supreme Court Responds to Trinamool Congress Allegations on Bengal Poll Results
Published: May 11, 2026
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The Supreme Court has responded to allegations by the Trinamool Congress that the removal of 90.8 lakh names from voter lists after a special intensive revision affected the Bengal election results. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi observed that if the margins in some seats were narrow enough to be swayed by votes from people whose appeals against electoral roll ejection are still pending, the aggrieved party may file a petition.
The Trinamool Congress alleges that the deletion of names from voter lists materially affected counting in 31 seats they won in 2021 but lost this year. Party MP and senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee pointed out that the number of voters cut in each of the 31 seats was more than the winning margin of Trinamool candidates in the last election.
The Election Commission has countered the allegations, citing data that shows some constituencies with high voter deletions voted in favor of the Trinamool Congress. The poll panel said that constituencies such as Sujapur, Raghunathganj, Samserganj, Ratua, and Suti, which saw high voter deletions, were won by the Trinamool Congress.
The court will resume hearing on the matter, with the Trinamool Congress likely to file a petition if the margins in some seats are found to be narrow enough to be swayed by votes from people whose appeals against electoral roll ejection are still pending.