Archive · 24 Jul 2025
Bihar Faces Electoral Roll Disputes Amid Voter Exclusion Concerns
Imagine the government is updating the list of people who can vote in Bihar.
A lot of people might be removed from this list.
Some people have died, moved away, or registered in multiple places.
The Election Commission is doing this update.
Some people in the opposition are not happy about it.
They think it is not fair.
The leaders from different political parties got into a fight in the Assembly, calling each other names.
Bihar may exclude 61.1 lakh voters from electoral rolls due to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
Reasons for exclusion include deaths, relocation outside Bihar, multiple registrations, and untraceability.
The opposition has protested against the SIR, accusing the Election Commission of irregularities.
Verbal clashes and personal attacks occurred between leaders during a debate about voter list revision.
Opposition leaders and ruling party members traded insults, escalating tensions in the Assembly.
- Who
- Election Commission of India, political parties (RJD, BJP, etc.), and leaders such as Tejashwi Yadav and Samrat Chaudhary.
- What
- Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and related Assembly disputes.
- When
- Ongoing and recent, with a deadline for voter form submission.
- Where
- Bihar Assembly.
- Why
- To update the voter rolls, leading to disputes and accusations of unfairness.
Opposition Concerns
Ruling Party Stance
EC Neutrality
Opposition Concerns
The Election Commission is biased and allowing cheating.
Ruling Party Stance
The claims are baseless, and the opposition is making public accusations instead of following due process.
Voter ID Verification
Opposition Concerns
Aadhaar cards should be accepted for voter verification
Ruling Party Stance
N/A
Voter List Revision Process
Opposition Concerns
The voter list revision is rushed and unfair.
Ruling Party Stance
The process is valid and necessary for updating voter rolls.
- Voters at risk
- 61.1 lakh
- Forms submitted
- 7.21 crore
- Unreturned forms
- 7 lakh
- Seats decided by < 1,000 votes in 2020
- 11
- Seats decided by < 3,000 votes in 2020
- 35
