West Bengal Voter List Reveals 'Enormous Families': What's the Truth?
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News18•21-01-2026, 14:31
West Bengal Voter List Reveals 'Enormous Families': What's the Truth?
- •West Bengal's Special Intensive Review (SIR) of voter lists by the Election Commission has uncovered unusual family sizes.
- •Two electors are listed as fathers of 389 and 310 children each, from Barabani (Asansol) and Bally (Howrah) respectively.
- •Several others are cited as parents to over 100, 50, 20, or 10 voting-age children, despite India's average household size being 4.4 persons and West Bengal's 4.0.
- •The findings contradict National Family Health Survey data, which shows a declining Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in India (1.9) and West Bengal (1.6).
- •The Supreme Court has directed the EC to publish names of 1.25 crore voters with 'logical discrepancies', prompting a closer look into these anomalies.
Why It Matters: West Bengal voter list scrutiny reveals implausibly large families, prompting questions about data accuracy and demographics.
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