Bihar Special Intensive Revision: Day before deadline, Election Commission says about 7 lakh forms not received

The Election Commission Thursday said “99%” of the 7.89 crore registered electors of Bihar had been “covered” during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls and less than 7 lakh forms were yet to be received, with one day to go for the deadline to submit forms.

According to the EC’s June 24 order, all existing electors were required to submit enumeration forms by Friday, July 25, in order to remain on the draft electoral roll to be published on August 1. All those who were added to the rolls after January 1, 2003, when the EC says the last intensive revision was done, were additionally required to submit documents establishing their eligibility.

As on Thursday, the EC said the forms of 7.21 crore electors (91.32%) had been received and digitised. The EC said 21.6 lakh electors were reported by the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and Booth Level Agents (BLAs) of political parties as dead, 31.5 lakh permanently migrated and 7 lakh registered at more than one place.

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“Despite door-to-door visits by local BLOs/BLAs, forms of fewer than 7 lakh electors have still not been received. As per the SIR order, the draft electoral roll will be published on August 1, 2025, and printed as well as digital copies will be provided to all 12 political parties [national and state parties in Bihar]…” the EC said in a statement.