Bihar electoral roll revision: 35.7 lakh voters missing; EC shares data with parties for final check | India News
NEW DELHI: With around 35.7 lakh electors, comprising 4.5% of Bihar’s total 7.9 crore electorate, not found at their recorded address despite the booth level officers (BLOs) having completed their three mandatory visits, the EC will, starting Thursday, share their details with district presidents and 1.5 lakh booth level agents of the political parties, so that they can confirm the exact status of such electors by June 25.EC, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said just a little over 6.8% remaining electors across Bihar now need to submit their enumeration forms. It shared that the enumeration forms of Bihar’s 88.7% electorate have been received and 82% uploaded on ECINet. Accounting for the 4.5% electors not found at their address — of which 1.6% are probably deceased, 2.2% probably permanently shifted and 0.7% identified as enrolled as multiple places — around 93.2% of Bihar’s 7.9 crore electors have already been covered under SIR.Welcoming the people’s response to SIR exercise, chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said: “I thank all eligible electors of Bihar for actively participating in the much-needed cleaning of the electoral rolls”.The last date for electors to submit their filled up enumeration forms is July 25. All electors who turn in their forms, with or without complete documentation, will be included in the Bihar draft electoral roll to be published on August 1, 2025. The documents can be added during the claims and objection period.Sharing exact progress of SIR so far, EC on Wednesday said around 7 crore electors have submitted their enumeration forms, with 6.5 crore forms uploaded on ECINet app/portal. However, nearly 35.7 lakh electors were not found at the addresses recorded against their name in the electoral roll; these include 12.5 lakh electors who are probably deceased, 17.4 lakh probably permanently shifted; and nearly 5.8 lakh electors enrolled at multiple places.As of 6 pm on Wednesday, enumeration forms of 54.1 lakh electors were remaining to be received.EC has appealed to people who have temporarily migrated outside Bihar, to fill their enumeration forms online, either using the ECINet app on their mobiles or via the voters portal. “They may also download the pre-filled enumeration form and share the filled forms with BLOs directly or through family via Whatsapp or any medium,” it said.To ensure that no eligible elector is left out, special camps are being set up in all 5,683 wards of the state’s 261 urban local bodies.
