Data analysis: How SIR deletions shaped BJP’s landslide in Bengal

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:31:33 +0000

We have a guest post on the India Fix by academics Bhanu Joshi and Neelanjan Sircar. It's a fantastic, thorough data breakdown of the SIR and its impact on the Bengal results. They show, quite clearly, that constituencies where the SIR deleted more names also tended to be seats where the BJP gained relative to the TMC.