News Brief
Bihar Electoral Roll Overhaul: Over 94.68 Per cent Electors covered Ahead Of 25 July Deadline, Says EC
A long line of Citizens of Bihar , Waiting to caste their votes.
With Bihar Assembly elections approaching, Election Commission said on Friday (18 July) that it had received enumeration forms from 90.12 per cent of Bihar’s 7.8 crore electors under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll.
According to a report by The Indian Express , the SIR process, launched on 25 June, aims to update and clean the electoral roll before polls.
So far, 7.11 crore forms have been received and 6.85 crore has been digitised.
Over 36 Lakh Not Found At Their Addresses
The EC said 36.86 lakh voters , that is around 4.67 percent of the electorate, had been found to be “probably” deceased, permanently shifted or enrolled at multiple places. It said 6,978, or 0.01% of the electors, were “not traceable”.
Additionally, 6,978 voters (0.01 per cent ) were listed as “not traceable”.
These preliminary findings will undergo further verification before any action is taken.
To ensure transparency, the EC said these lists have been shared with district-level leaders and booth-level agents of political parties to determine the status of each voter by July 25.
Next Steps in the Revision Process
A draft electoral roll will be published on 1 August.
Citizens and political parties can raise claims and objections between 1 August and 1 September, and the Electoral Registration Officers will have until 25 September to resolve these before the final roll is released on 30 September.
Printed and digital copies of the Final ER will again be given free of cost to all recognised political parties and will be published on the ECI website.
Any elector aggrieved by any decision of the ERO may appeal to the District Magistrate and the Chief Electoral Officer thereafter under Section 24 of the RP Act, 1950, the EC said.
