**Summary:**
The Election Commission of India is conducting a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls in Bihar, with enumeration completed between June 24, 2025, and July 25, 2025, and draft rolls published on August 1, 2025. The period for submitting claims, objections, and documents is open from August 1 to September 1, 2025. As of August 24, 2025, documents for 98.2 electors have been received. Verification of documents is being conducted concurrently by 243 EROs and 2,976 AEROs. Out of 7.24 crore electors in the draft rolls, 0.16 claims and objections have been received, including those from BLAs of recognized political parties and electors within their assembly constituencies. Additionally, 3,28,847 new electors who have attained or will attain the age of 18 years by October 1, 2025, have submitted their Form 6 and Declaration. The SIR is currently on schedule, with a deadline of September 25, 2025, for EROs/AEROs to decide on all claims and objections and verify eligibility documents. The final electoral rolls are scheduled for publication on September 30, 2025. The Election Commission commends the efforts of the CEO of Bihar, DEOs of all 38 Districts, 243 EROs, 2,976 AEROs, 90,712 BLOs, volunteers, and representatives of 12 major political parties.
Key Entities Referenced
Election Commission of India: The autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering election processes in India.
Bihar: A state in eastern India where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls is being conducted.
Special Intensive Revision: A specific revision process of Electoral Rolls in Bihar, referred to as SIR.
Electoral Rolls: The list of citizens eligible to vote in an election.
CEO of Bihar: The Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar.
District Election Officers: Election officials responsible for districts within Bihar.
Electoral Registration Officers: Officers responsible for the preparation and revision of electoral rolls.
Political Parties in Bihar: 12 major political parties in Bihar are involved in the SIR process, represented by their District Presidents and BLAs.
Election Commission
Bihar SIR: Documents of 98.2 % Electors already
received with 8 more days still left
Posted On: 24 AUG 2025 10:15AM by PIB Delhi
1. After successful completion of Enumeration phase of ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of
Electoral Rolls in Bihar from 24 Jun 2025 till 25 July 2025; Publication of the draft Electoral Rolls on 1
August, 2025. The period of submitting Claims, Objections and Documents is going on from 1 August –
1 September, 2025.
2. The Election Commission of India commends the ongoing efforts by the CEO of Bihar, DEOs of all 38
Districts, 243 EROs, 2,976 AEROs, 90,712 BLOs, lakhs of volunteers and involvement of the field
representatives of all the 12 major political parties, including their District Presidents and as many as
1.60 lakh BLAs appointed by them.
3. The Claims and Objections period gives an opportunity to the Electors to not only rectify mistakes, if
any, in the draft Electoral Rolls, but also submit their requisite documents which they may not have
provided while submitting their Enumeration Forms. As per information received from the office of
CEO Bihar, till date documents of 98.2 % Electors have been received.
4. Thus, from 24 June to 24 August, 2025 i.e. in 60 days, 98.2 % persons have submitted their documents.
This means an average of about 1.64 % per day. There are still 8 days to go till 1 September with just
1.8 % Electors remaining for submission of the documents. The exercise to collect their documents with
the help of BLOs and volunteers is going on. Thus, just like collection of Enumeration forms, work
related to collection of documents is also likely to be completed before time.
5. In line with the orders of SIR dated 24 Jun 2025, verification of documents is also being
done concurrently by the concerned 243 EROs and 2,976 AEROs.
6. Out of 7.24 Crore electors in the draft rolls, 0.16% Claims and Objections have been received so far. 10
from the BLAs of 12 Recognised Political Parties in Bihar, NIL by persons who are not Electors of that
Assembly Constituency and 1,21,143 by Electors within their Assembly Constituency.
7. 3,28,847 New Electors who have attained the age of 18 years and above on 1 July or will attain the age
of 18 years and above on 1 October have also submitted their Form 6 and Declaration.
8. The SIR of Bihar is on schedule. The decision on all the Claims and Objections received, and
verification of eligibility documents is to be completed by the concerned EROs/AEROs by 25 Sep 2025
and after final checking, the Final Electoral Rolls are to be published on 30 September 2025.
******
PK/GDH/RP
(Release ID: 2160256)