19,000 West Bengal Voters Face By-Poll Disenfranchisement as Election Appeals Stall in Tribunals
Nearly 19,000 voters in West Bengal are set to miss the upcoming bypolls because their appeals remain pending before election tribunals, underscoring a widening administrative bottleneck in the state’s electoral dispute system. Of the 19 Appellate Tribunals created by the Election Commission in March, only 16 are currently functional after three retired judges resigned over operational concerns, leaving their posts vacant.
