Kolkata, Dec 12 (PTI) The first phase of SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal has exposed widespread inconsistencies, particularly in identifying new voters based on parentage and family mapping from the 2002 rolls, prompting the Election Commission to order a detailed verification of enumeration forms, an official said on Friday.

The ongoing cross-checking process has uncovered numerous "logical discrepancies" in the voter data, a well-placed source in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer claimed.

"Names of fathers are incorrect or mismatched in 85,01,486 cases, accounting for 11.09 per cent of the total voters," he alleged.

Also, 24,21,133 voters are listed as having more than six children, and inconsistencies have been observed in age differences related to parents, he said.

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