Kolkata, Nov 19 (PTI) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday urged West Bengal's Nadia administration to complete the digitisation of the records of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by November 26, as the state moves closer to finalising preparations for upcoming elections, an official said.

The state has 7.66 crore electors, of which 7.64 crore Enumeration Forms (EFs) have been distributed, accounting for 99.72 per cent, he said, adding that digitisation has been done for 1.48 crore forms.

The ECI team, led by Deputy Senior Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, held a review meeting at the Krishnanagar DM office with Nadia District Magistrate Aneesh Dasgupta and senior officials, including ADMs, EROs (SDOs) and 18 BDOs.

The meeting focused on assessing S

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