Political strategist turned leader Prashant Kishor has been enrolled as a voter in two states – Bihar and West Bengal. Indian Express Reported on Tuesday, October 28. A senior member of his team said that Prashant Kishor became a voter in Bihar after the West Bengal elections.
Two addresses of Prashant Kishore
According to the report, Prashant Kishor’s address in Bengal is said to be 121 Kalighat Road, where the Trinamool Congress office is located in Bhabanipur, the assembly constituency of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. His polling station is listed as St. Helen’s School on B Ranishankari Lane.
Kishor had worked with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) as a political consultant during the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections.
In Bihar, Kishor is registered as a voter in the Kargahar assembly constituency under the Sasaram parliamentary constituency. His polling station is Madhya Vidyalay, Konar, under the Rohtas district. Konar is Kishor’s paternal village, the india express Informed.
Prashant Kishor wants to cancel
Sources close to Kishor said the Jan Suraj Party founder has applied to cancel his Bengal Voter Card. However, the leader did not elaborate on the status of the application.
Neither Prashant Kishor nor Bihar Chief Electoral Officer Vinod Singh Gunjiyal have yet responded to the claim.
Is it legal to enroll as a voter in two states?
No, under Section 17 and Section 18 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 “a person cannot be enrolled as a voter at more than one place in the same constituency or in more than one constituency in view of the provisions contained therein”.
Once registered, voters can change their nomination by filling Form 8, which is the Election Commission’s form for changing residence or correcting errors.
nationwide sir
The Election Commission has already conducted Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Bihar and plans to implement it across the country soon.
The Election Commission had cited “repeated entries in the voter list” as one of the reasons for conducting the SIR in Bihar.
“Some voters obtain registration at one place and then change their place of residence and get themselves registered at another place without removing their names from the voter list of the place of initial residence. This has given rise to the possibility of repeated entries in the voter list,” the Election Commission had said in its June 24 order for the SIR.
Timeline for nationwide SIR
The Election Commission had on October 27 announced its decision to conduct the second phase of special intensive vetting in 12 states and union territories.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said the election body will conduct the second phase of SIR in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, the final list of which will be published on February 7, 2026.
According to the Election Commission, printing and training will take place from October 28 to November 3, followed by the counting phase from November to December 4.
The draft voter list will be published on December 9, followed by a claim and objection period from December 9 to January 8, 2026.
The notice stage (for hearing and verification) will take place between December 9 and January 31, 2026, with publication of the final voter list on February 7, 2026.
(with inputs from agencies)
