{"id":207711,"date":"2026-03-13T20:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/?p=207711"},"modified":"2026-03-13T20:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:00:28","slug":"big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Update Before Bengal Poll Announcement! First Supplementary Voter List Likely Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The countdown for the West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 has begun, with high-level sources suggesting that the Election Commission may announce the poll schedule this Monday, March 16. In a significant move to ensure maximum voter participation, the commission is likely to publish the first supplementary electoral roll even before the formal notification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), nearly 60 lakh names were marked &#8220;under adjudication.&#8221; Recent updates indicate that judicial officers have already cleared approximately 15 lakh of these cases. This development follows a recent deputation by TMC MP and senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy regarding the voting rights of those in the pending list. If the schedule is announced on Monday, West Bengal is expected to go to the polls in April, potentially in a limited number of phases. The publication of the supplementary list will be a crucial step in finalizing the electorate, providing clarity to millions of citizens awaiting their chance to vote in this high-stakes election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The countdown for the West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 has begun, with high-level sources suggesting that the Election Commission may announce the poll schedule this Monday, March 16. In a significant move to ensure maximum voter participation, the commission is likely to publish the first supplementary electoral roll even before the formal notification. Following the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-207711","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-latest-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Big Update Before Bengal Poll Announcement! First Supplementary Voter List Likely Soon - Ekjhalak English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Big Update Before Bengal Poll Announcement! First Supplementary Voter List Likely Soon - Ekjhalak English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The countdown for the West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 has begun, with high-level sources suggesting that the Election Commission may announce the poll schedule this Monday, March 16. In a significant move to ensure maximum voter participation, the commission is likely to publish the first supplementary electoral roll even before the formal notification. Following the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ekjhalak English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-13T15:00:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-13T15:00:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01-255.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"598\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Author\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Author\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Author\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2675bfb1eca0a20263624f94dfec6582\"},\"headline\":\"Big Update Before Bengal Poll Announcement! First Supplementary Voter List Likely Soon\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-13T15:00:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-13T15:00:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":169,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Latest News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\\\/\",\"name\":\"Big Update Before Bengal Poll Announcement! First Supplementary Voter List Likely Soon - Ekjhalak English\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-13T15:00:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-13T15:00:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2675bfb1eca0a20263624f94dfec6582\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Big Update Before Bengal Poll Announcement! First Supplementary Voter List Likely Soon\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ekjhalak English\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2675bfb1eca0a20263624f94dfec6582\",\"name\":\"Author\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0fd978b4804468ab91928125a98887321ede379b64bd386185f1c8a0f8b3dba0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0fd978b4804468ab91928125a98887321ede379b64bd386185f1c8a0f8b3dba0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0fd978b4804468ab91928125a98887321ede379b64bd386185f1c8a0f8b3dba0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Author\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsfed.in\\\/english\\\/author\\\/author\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Big Update Before Bengal Poll Announcement! First Supplementary Voter List Likely Soon - Ekjhalak English","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Big Update Before Bengal Poll Announcement! First Supplementary Voter List Likely Soon - Ekjhalak English","og_description":"The countdown for the West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 has begun, with high-level sources suggesting that the Election Commission may announce the poll schedule this Monday, March 16. In a significant move to ensure maximum voter participation, the commission is likely to publish the first supplementary electoral roll even before the formal notification. Following the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\/","og_site_name":"Ekjhalak English","article_published_time":"2026-03-13T15:00:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-13T15:00:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":598,"url":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01-255.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Author","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Author","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\/"},"author":{"name":"Author","@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2675bfb1eca0a20263624f94dfec6582"},"headline":"Big Update Before Bengal Poll Announcement! First Supplementary Voter List Likely Soon","datePublished":"2026-03-13T15:00:27+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-13T15:00:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\/"},"wordCount":169,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["Latest News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\/","url":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\/","name":"Big Update Before Bengal Poll Announcement! First Supplementary Voter List Likely Soon - Ekjhalak English","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-03-13T15:00:27+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-13T15:00:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2675bfb1eca0a20263624f94dfec6582"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/big-update-before-bengal-poll-announcement-first-supplementary-voter-list-likely-soon\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Big Update Before Bengal Poll Announcement! First Supplementary Voter List Likely Soon"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/","name":"Ekjhalak English","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2675bfb1eca0a20263624f94dfec6582","name":"Author","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0fd978b4804468ab91928125a98887321ede379b64bd386185f1c8a0f8b3dba0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0fd978b4804468ab91928125a98887321ede379b64bd386185f1c8a0f8b3dba0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0fd978b4804468ab91928125a98887321ede379b64bd386185f1c8a0f8b3dba0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Author"},"url":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/author\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}