India, Nov. 5 -- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters' list, which has commenced as an all-India exercise from November 4, will first leave its imprimatur on Bihar when the state goes to polls later this month.

The question at stake in Bihar is this: how would the deletion of about 47 lakh voters under the Election Commission-sponsored SIR impact the poll outcome?

Keep in mind that the omissions work out to roughly 15,000 to 20,000 voters per constituency in 243 assembly seats.

The question assumes significance in the light of the results of the 2020 Bihar assembly elections where the victory margins were small.

Consider these two points for instance:

This time, add to it the Prashant Kishor factor.

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