The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls began across West Bengal on Tuesday, with over 80,000 booth-level officers (BLOs) visiting homes to distribute enumeration forms, kicking off a politically sensitive exercise ahead of the 2026 assembly polls.

More than 18 lakh enumeration forms were distributed by the BLOs till 5 pm, a senior official said.

The month-long enumeration process will continue till December 4.

"Enumeration Forms in duplicate have been handed over to more than 18 lakh electors till 5 pm during the first day of house-to-house visit," the official said.

However, the rollout was not without hiccups: a technical glitch disrupted the online distribution of forms on the first day, while hundreds of schoolteachers engaged as BLOs struggled to balance election

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