**Summary:**
The Election Commission of Bihar reports significant progress in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, with 57.48% of Enumeration Forms collected within the first 15 days. As of July 9, 2025, 45,389,881 Enumeration Forms have been collected out of approximately 79,000,000 existing electors in Bihar since the SIR instructions were issued on June 24, 2025. In the preceding 24 hours, 8,312,804 forms were collected, representing 10.52% of the total. The success is attributed to the active participation of electors, the efforts of election officials and volunteers, and the involvement of 156,000 Booth Level Agents (BLAs) appointed by recognized political parties. Existing electors, including those who have temporarily migrated in accordance with Section 201A of the RP Act 1950, can download a prefilled Enumeration Form from https:voters.eci.gov.in. They can also print, sign, and submit the form to their respective Booth Level Officer (BLO) through family members or online means, such as WhatsApp, before the deadline of July 25, 2025, to ensure their inclusion in the draft Electoral Rolls. Approximately 77,100,000 forms have been distributed to electors out of the 79,000,000 printed. Release ID: 2143479.
Key Entities Referenced
Election Commission: The governing body responsible for conducting elections.
Bihar: State in India where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is being conducted.
Special Intensive Revision SIR: Election-related program or initiative.
Booth Level Agents BLAs: Volunteers appointed by political parties to assist in the electoral process.
Electoral Rolls: Draft list of eligible voters.
RP Act 1950: Representation of the People Act, 1950, a law related to elections.
Enumeration Forms: Forms used to collect information from electors.
Election Commission
Bihar SIR: Active participation of Bihar electors
ensures nearly 57.48 % Enumeration Forms
collected in first 15 days; 16 days still left
Posted On: 09 JUL 2025 6:43PM by PIB Delhi
Active participation of Bihar electors in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and tireless efforts of the
election officials, the volunteers and 1.56-lakh proactive force of Booth Level Agents (BLAs) who have been
appointed by all recognised political parties, has resulted in the collection of 57.48 % Enumeration Forms in
the first 15 days of the exercise with16 more days left.
By 6.00 PM today, 4,53,89,881 Enumeration Forms, which is 57.48% of the total of 7,89,69,844 (nearly 7.90
crore) existing electors in Bihar, have been collected in the last 15 days, since the issue of SIR instructions on
June 24, 2025. In the last 24 hours i.e. from 6.00 PM yesterday, 83,12,804 Enumeration Forms have been
collected, which amounts to 10.52 % collected in a single day.
Maintaining the same momentum on the field, and with just about 42.5 % forms remaining to be collected, the
exercise of collecting the Enumeration Forms could be completed well before the stipulated date i.e. July 25,
2025.
Para 3(d) of SIR guidelines provide that the existing electors, which includes those who have temporarily
migrated, in line with the section 20(1A) of the RP Act 1950, can download a pre-filled Enumeration Form
from: https://voters.eci.gov.in. Existing electors, who have temporarily migrated can also print and sign the
Enumeration Form and send it, before 25th July 2025, to their BLO, through their family members or through
any online means (as per para 3(d) of SIR guidelines), including WhatsApp or similar applications, so that
their names are included in the draft Electoral Rolls.
During this period of past 15 days since the beginning of the SIR exercise, 7.90 crore forms were printed and
nearly 98% forms (7.71 crore) have already been distributed to be electors.
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PK/GDH/RP
(Release ID: 2143479)