Election Commission's Bihar drive doesn't find 35.7 lakh voters at their addresses

Time of India

5 days ago

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NEW DELHI: With around 35.7 lakh electors, comprising 4.5 per cent 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 July 25.
EC, in a statement issued Wednesday, said just a little over 6.8 per cent of remaining electors across Bihar now need to submit their enumeration forms. It shared that the enumeration forms of Bihar's 88.7 per cent electorate have been received and 82 per cent uploaded on ECINet. Accounting for the 4.5 per cent electors not found at their address, of which 1.6 per cent are probably deceased, 2.2 per cent probably permanently shifted and 0.7 per cent identified as enrolled as multiple places, around 93.2 per cent of Bihar's 7.9 crore electors have already been covered under SIR.
Welcoming the people's response to the SIR exercise, chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said: "I thank all eligible electors of Bihar for actively participating in the much-needed cleaning of electoral rolls".
The last date for electors to submit their filled-out 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 Aug 1, 2025.
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The documents can be added during the claims and objection period.
Sharing exact progress of SIR so far, EC 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 neary 5.8 lakh electors enrolled at multiple places.
As of 6 pm 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 added.
To ensure that eligible electors are not left out, special camps are being set up in 5,683 wards of the state's 261 urban local bodies.