**Policy Summary: Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Enumeration Form Collection in Bihar**
As of July 8, 2025, the Election Commission of Bihar has collected 3,70,77,077 Enumeration Forms, representing 46.95% of the total 7,89,69,844 (approximately 7.90 crore) electors in Bihar. This data was collected within the first 14 days of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) initiative, which commenced on June 24, 2025.
Approximately 7.90 crore forms were printed, and 7,70,44,990 forms have been distributed. 18.16% of the collected forms have been uploaded to the ECINET system. In the last 24 hours, 82,78,617 Enumeration Forms were collected, constituting 10.5% of the total collected forms.
To expedite the collection process, 20,603 additional Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have been deployed, bringing the total to 77,895 BLOs conducting house-to-house visits. The BLOs have completed the first of three mandated visits to each household. Nearly 4 lakh volunteers, including government officials, NCC cadets, and NSS members, are assisting vulnerable populations. Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), District Election Officers (DEOs), and the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) are facilitating the process at the ground level, in all 243 Assembly Constituencies (ACs).
Political parties are also participating, with the number of Booth Level Agents (BLAs) increasing from 1,38,680 to 1,56,626. Political parties can still appoint more BLAs. The deadline for collection of enumeration forms is July 25, 2025, and based on current progress, the exercise is projected to be completed on time.
Key Entities Referenced
Election Commission Bihar: The election commission responsible for elections in the state of Bihar, India.
SIR: Special Intensive Revision, a process related to electoral roll revision in Bihar.
Bihar: A state in India where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is taking place.
Enumeration Forms: Forms used for voter enumeration as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar.
ECINET: The Election Commission's internal network used for uploading enumeration forms.
BLOs: Booth Level Officers involved in the collection of enumeration forms.
NCC cadets: National Cadet Corps volunteers assisting in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.
NSS members: National Service Scheme members assisting in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.
Election Commission
Bihar SIR form collection touches nearly half-way
mark in 14 days; 17 days still left
Posted On: 08 JUL 2025 7:30PM by PIB Delhi
Going by the progress of SIR till 6 PM on July 08, it is most likely that the exercise of collection of
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Enumeration Forms will be completed well before the last day of collection i.e. 25 July 2025. The Special
Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar, is progressing well with 3,70,77,077 Enumeration Forms, which is 46.95%
of the total of 7,89,69,844 (nearly 7.90 crore) electors in Bihar, collected (at 6.00 PM) in the first 14 days
since the issue of SIR instructions on June 24, 2025.
In the first two weeks of the exercise, 7.90 crore forms were printed and over 97% forms (7,70,44,990) have
been distributed to be electors. Also, 18.16% of the forms of have been uploaded in the ECINET. A large
number of prospective electors are preferring to submit the Enumeration Forms along with the eligibility
documents as specified in SIR order dated 24.06.25
Now, the effort is to collect the remaining half of the enumeration forms and eligibility documents with still
17 more days before July 25.
In the last 24 hours i.e. from 6.00 PM yesterday, 82,78,617 Enumeration Forms have been collected, which
amounts to 10.5% collected in a single day. Maintaining the same momentum on the field, and with just
about 50 per cent forms remaining to be collected, the exercise could be completed well within time.
With the addition of 20,603 BLOs on ground, the collection effort has been further expedited. Already, 77,895
BLOs have been going house-to-house to help the electors fill out their Enumeration Forms and collect them.
BLOs have already completed the first of their mandated three visits to each household and the second visit is
underway.
Nearly 4 lakh volunteers which includes government officials, NCC cadets, NSS members etc. are also
working on the field to facilitate the elderly, PwD, sick and vulnerable populations in the SIR process.
Besides, EROs covering all the 243 ACs, 963 AEROs, 38 DEOs and the CEO of the state are at the ground
level to facilitate the electors to submit their forms.
District Presidents of all recognised political parties have also stepped up the appointment of BLAs and they
are actively participating on the ground. As of date, 1,56,626 BLAs have been appointed, up from 1,38,680 at
the beginning of the exercise. They can, even now, appoint more BLAs as per 25.2.1 of the Manual on
Electoral Rolls.
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