Bihar electoral roll revision: Forms of 90% electors received, 36 lakh not found at their addresses, says poll panel

On Friday, the EC said 7.11 crore forms had been received so far and 6.85 crore of them had been digitised. The EC also said 36.86 lakh electors (a little over 4.67% of total voters) had been found to be “probably” deceased, permanently shifted or enrolled at multiple places. It said 6,978, or 0.01% of the electors, were “not traceable”.

The commission said the lists of the “probably” deceased, shifted and untraceable electors were being shared with district presidents of political parties and their booth level agents “to ascertain the exact status of each such elector before July 25”. The electors and parties would have from August 1 to September 1 to file claims and objections on the draft roll. Electoral Registration Officers would have till September 25 to dispose of these claims and objections before the final electoral roll is published on September 30.

“As per the SIR order, each of the more than 1.5 lakh BLAs (booth level agents) can submit up to 50 forms a day after certifying them. This step is in line with the ECI’s commitment that no eligible elector is left out,” the EC said.

Several booth level officers (BLOs) told The Indian Express that they have been working to complete the SIR exercise “two-three days before” the July 25 deadline.