New Delhi, July 23 -- he Election Commission of India (ECI) has disclosed significant findings from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The drive aims to ensure that all eligible electors are included in the draft rolls to be published on 1 August 2025. A massive verification exercise is underway, involving over 1 lakh Booth Level Officers (BLOs), 4 lakh volunteers, and 1.5 lakh Booth Level Agents (BLAs) from 12 major political parties.

As of 24 June 2025, Bihar's total electorate stood at 7.89 crore. Of these, 90.67% (7.16 crore) Enumeration Forms (EFs) have been received, and 90.37% (7.13 crore) have been digitised. However, the revision also revealed that 52.30 lakh electors could not be found at ...