The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on February 7, 2026, asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) for a one-week extension to complete the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The original deadline expired on Saturday with around 5% of hearings still pending. Mr. Agarwal's recommendation to the ECI requests extra time to finish hearings, upload documents, process submissions of forms 6, 7, and 8, and digitise all records. The proposed new deadline is February 14, while the final roll publication could shift to February 21 if approved. About 95-97% of hearings are done, and over 75% of digitisation is complete. Pending hearings cover 11 out of 294 assembly constituencies, including one in north Kolkata, seven in south Kolkata, one in Darjeeling, and one in Howrah. Mr. Agarwal said, "We have sought a seven-day extension from the ECI, which may further push the publication of the final electoral rolls by a few days." The extension request followed multiple pleas from District Electoral Officers. No formal confirmation has come from the Commission yet. Voters who miss their scheduled hearings after the extended deadline risk deletion from the final 2026 electoral roll. Following the first draft released in December, around 58 lakh voters were removed due to death, address change, or untraceability. Over 1.36 crore voters were initially flagged for "logical discrepancy" and called for hearings. This number dropped to 94.49 lakh in January. Meanwhile, 31.68 lakh voters fell under the "unmapped" category, unable to link to the 2002 roll through self or progeny mapping. An ECI notice on February 6 clarified that domicile or permanent resident certificates from West Bengal would count as valid identity proof during SIR hearings, but only if issued by the district magistrate, additional district magistrate, sub-divisional officer, or Collector of Kolkata.