Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls in Bihar Successfully Completed

Election Commission Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls in Bihar Successfully Completed ECI thanks all the Electors of Bihar for making this exercise a grand success Final Electoral Roll published today; includes nearly 7.42 crore electors Posted On: 30 SEP 2025 7:59PM by PIB Delhi Election Commission of India (ECI) congratulates people of Bihar, Election Officials, Political Parties and other key stakeholders on the successful completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. Outcome of Bihar SIR: 24 June 2025 to 30 September 2025 S. No Details Total (No.) A Electors as on 24 June 2025 7.89 Crore Total Electors removed from Draft List 65 lakhs C Electors in Draft List on 1 Aug 2025 7.24 Crore Ineligible Electors removed from draft list 3.66 lakhs Eligible Electors added in draft list (Form 6) 21.53 lakhs D Total electors in Final List 30 Sep 2025 ~7.42 Crore Figures are rounded to nearest digit of Lakhs 1. Physical & Digital Copies of final electoral roll are being shared with political parties. Any elector can check it online at https://voters.eci.gov.in . 2. This large-scale exercise was made successful through the sincere efforts of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Bihar, District Election Officers (DEOs) of all 38 districts, 243 Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), 2,976 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), around 1 lakh Booth Level Officers (BLOs), lakhs of volunteers and the full involvement of all the 12 major Political Parties , including their district presidents and over 1.6 lakh Booth Level Agents (BLAs) appointed by them. 3. The Commission also thanks the print, electronic and online media for regularly spreading awareness and their feedback throughout the process. 4. Regular meetings with political parties were conducted to explain SIR process & keep them informed throughout. By 20 July 2025, CEO/DEOs/EROs/BLOs had shared booth-level lists with political parties of electors who were reported as deceased, whose enumeration forms were not received, who had permanently migrated, or who could not be traced, with the objective ofidentifying eligible voters. Draft Electoral Roll was also shared with all political parties. Also, list of names not included in draft roll was displayed on DEO/DMs (district-wise) as well as on the CEO Bihar website for public viewing. 5. SIR exercise was carried out in line with Article 326 of Constitution & ECI’s motto of “no eligible voter to be left out, and no ineligible person to be included in the Electoral rolls” 6. If any eligible person still wishes to apply for inclusion of their name in Electoral Roll, they can submit an application up to ten days before last date for filing nominations for election. 7. If any person is not satisfied with decision of ERO regarding an entry in final electoral roll, they may, under Section 24 of the RP Act, 1950, file a first appeal before District Magistrate and a second appeal before CEO. *********** PK/GDH/RP (Release ID: 2173316)