US EditionWhy Bihar’s Final Electoral Roll Has 47 Lakh Less Voters
The final list includes 74 million voters after removing nearly 5 million names during a three-month revision amid legal and political disputes.
- On September 30, 2025 the Election Commission of India released Bihar's final electoral roll containing 7.42 crore electors, the Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar announced on social media.
- The Election Commission of India ordered a Special Intensive Revision on June 24, 2025 to update rolls amid urbanisation, migration, and new voters requiring document verification from persons registered after 2003.
- The SIR process deleted about 65 lakh draft entries and added 21.53 lakh eligible electors, while during claims and objections 16.93 lakh sought inclusion and 2.17 lakh requested removals.
- An ECI team will visit Patna on October 4 and 5 to assess readiness, and the final roll will be shared with parties and District Election Officers before poll dates on October 6 and 7.
- Opposition parties have criticised the SIR, alleging mass disenfranchisement, while a Scroll analysis found women voters made up 55% of those excluded and the Supreme Court warned it could scrap the rolls if irregularities emerge.
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SIR allows BJP to 'harass' voters: Asaduddin Owaisi
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday alleged that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) carried out by the Election Commission in Bihar will provide an opportunity to BJP to “harass” voters. He was responding to social media posts which claimed that attempts were made to delete Muslim voters in a constituency in Bihar. “The reality of #BiharSIR. Political parties, especially BJP, will get an opportunity to harass voters & dele…
Why Bihar’s final electoral roll has 47 lakh less voters
The Election Commission (EC) has released Bihar’s final voter list after holding a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state. The final number of electors has fallen by about 47 lakh, or six per cent, leading to a total electorate of 7.4 crore. But why have so many names been deleted from the final roll?
Bihar's final roll: 7.42 crore electors listed, nearly 69 lakh deleted
Bihar's final electoral roll recorded 69 lakh deletions. The Election Commission announced 7.42 crore electors for the upcoming assembly election. This revision followed a special intensive exercise. Voter additions included 14.1 lakh in the 18-19 year category. The process aimed for voter list accuracy.
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