Archive · 25 Jul 2025
Bihar Electoral Roll Update: Parties Increase Agents
The Election Commission in Bihar is updating the list of people who can vote.
They found that many people have moved or can't be found, and some have died.
Political parties are sending more people to watch the process and make sure everything is fair.
They want to check the voter list for mistakes.
The Election Commission is collecting information from everyone and will publish the new voter list soon.
Bihar's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is underway.
Approximately 35 lakh electors have either migrated or are untraceable.
Around 22 lakh deceased electors have been reported by BLOs and BLAs.
Political parties are increasing the number of BLAs to monitor the EC's activities.
The first draft electoral roll is scheduled to be published on August 1.
- Who
- The Election Commission (EC), political parties, and voters in Bihar.
- What
- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar's electoral roll is ending its first phase.
- When
- The first phase of SIR ended on Friday; the draft electoral roll will be published on August 1.
- Where
- Bihar, India.
- Why
- To update and correct the electoral roll for the upcoming elections.
Political Parties
Election Commission
Monitoring of Election Commission Activities
Political Parties
Wanting to keep a close watch on the EC to prevent addition or deletion of names in new voter list
Election Commission
N/A
- Total Electors
- Nearly 7.90 crore
- Electors Migrated/Untraceable
- Approx. 35 lakh
- Deceased Electors Reported
- Approx. 22 lakh
- Duplicate Registrations
- Approx. 7 lakh
- BLAs increase
- 16%
