**Policy Summary: Bihar Special Summary Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls**
As of July 14, 2025, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has collected Enumeration Forms (EFs) from 66,067,208 electors out of a total of 78,969,844 electors in Bihar, representing 83.66% coverage in the ongoing Special Summary Revision (SIR). The deadline for EF submission is in 11 days.
Analysis of collected data reveals that 1.59 lakh electors have been identified as deceased, 2.2 lakh have permanently shifted, and 0.73 lakh are enrolled in multiple locations. Overall, 88.18% of electors have either submitted their EFs, are deceased, have retained their names at a single location, or have permanently moved. The remaining 11.82% of electors are yet to submit their forms, with many requesting additional time.
The ECI is undertaking comprehensive efforts to ensure all eligible electors are included in the draft Electoral Roll (ER) scheduled for publication on August 1, 2025. Key initiatives include:
* Nearly 1 lakh Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will conduct a third round of door-to-door visits.
* 1.5 lakh Booth Level Agents (BLAs), appointed by political parties, are authorized to certify and submit up to 50 EFs daily.
* Special camps are being organized in all 5,683 wards across 261 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in Bihar to facilitate urban voter registration.
* Targeted outreach, including newspaper advertisements and direct contact, is being conducted to reach electors who have temporarily migrated out of the state, encouraging them to submit EFs online through the ECINet App or the online portal voters.eci.gov.in, or via family members/online means to the concerned BLOs.
The newly launched ECINet platform, consolidating 40 previous ECI applications, is being utilized for all aspects of the Bihar SIR. This platform facilitates online EF submission, allows electors to search for their names in the 2003 ER (where applicable), and enables communication with election officials, including BLOs. ECINet has enabled the uploading of over 5.74 crore EFs as of 6:00 PM on July 14, 2025, and is streamlining the verification process for eligibility by Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), and District Election Officers (DEOs).
Key Entities Referenced
Election Commission: The Election Commission of India, the autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering election processes in India.
Bihar: A state in eastern India where the electoral roll revision is taking place.
ECINet: A newly launched single integrated platform by the Election Commission of India, subsuming 40 different ECI Applications, deployed for all aspects of the Bihar SIR exercise.
Enumeration Forms (EFs): Forms used for enumeration of electors during the electoral roll revision process.
Special Summary Revision (SIR): Bihar Special Summary Revision, an exercise to update the electoral roll.
Block Level Officers (BLOs): Government officials who conduct door-to-door visits as part of the electoral roll revision process.
Block Level Agents (BLAs): Agents appointed by political parties to certify and submit Enumeration Forms.
Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of Bihar: Local governing bodies in urban areas of Bihar, where special camps are being set up for electoral roll revision.
Election Commission
6,60,67,208 out of the 7,89,69,844 electors in Bihar
to be included in draft Electoral Roll 11 more days to
go
Over 5.74 crore Forms uploaded on ECINet.
Posted On: 14 JUL 2025 6:47PM by PIB Delhi
With 11 more days left for the last date of submission of the filled Enumeration Forms (EFs) in the ongoing
Bihar SIR, after two rounds of door-to-door visits by the BLOs, out of the 7,89,69,844 electors in Bihar, EFs
of 6,60,67,208 or 83.66% have been collected. So far 1.59% electors have been found deceased, 2.2%
permanently shifted and 0.73% persons were found to be enrolled at more than one place. Therefore, 88.18%
of electors have either already submitted their EF or died or retained their names at one place or permanently
shifted out of their previous place of residence. Only 11.82% of electors now remain to submit their filled
EFs and many of them have sought time to submit their Enumeration Forms with documents in the coming
days.
ECI is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that no eligible elector is left out and the remaining electors fill
their EFs. Nearly 1 lakh BLOs will soon begin their third round of door-to-door visits. Their efforts are being
augmented by the 1.5 Lakh BLAs appointed by all political parties, each one of whom can certify and submit
up to 50 EFs per day. To ensure that no eligible urban voter is left out the ER, special camps are also being set
up in all the 5,683 wards of all 261 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of Bihar.
For the electors who may have temporarily migrated out of the state, focused efforts through newspaper
advertisements and direct contact with such electors, are being made to ensure that they are able to fill their
EFs well in time and have their names also included in the Draft ER to be published on August 1, 2025. Such
electors can easily fill up EFs online (as per para 3(d) of SIR guidelines) using their mobile phones through
the ECINet App or through the online form on https://voters.eci.gov.in. They can also send their forms to the
concerned BLOs through their family members or through any online means, including WhatsApp or similar
applications.
In a major push towards use of latest technology and digitisation, the newly launched ECINet platform by
ECI, a single integrated platform which is subsuming the earlier 40 different ECI Applications, has also been
deployed for all aspects of the Bihar SIR exercise and is running efficiently. Through ECINet, the electors are
able to fill their EFs online and also search for their names in the 2003 ER wherever applicable. The electors
can also connect with their election officials, including their BLOs using the ECINet App.
ECINet is also accelerating the process of updation of forms and documents for the field-level election
functionaries resulting in the uploading of over 5.74 crore Enumeration Forms as at 6.00 PM today. The
document review module of ECINet has also quickened the pace of verification of eligibility of the electors by
the AEROs, EROs and DEOs in a streamlined manner.
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(Release ID: 2144631)