In Bihar, the month-long enumeration form submission drive under Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll concluded today.

        The verification drive was conducted across all 243 poll-bound assembly constituencies, allowing voters to submit their enumeration forms to Booth Level Officers (BLOs) or through the online portal.

        According to the Election Commission of India ( ECI) , voters in Bihar have actively participated in the SIR process, demonstrating strong faith in the initiative.

        The ECI reported that till 25th July more than 99.8 percent of Bihar electors have been covered during the SIR drive.

        Those electors who have filled out enumeration forms during the drive their names will appear in the draft electoral roll to be published on August 1st.

        As per the Special Intensive Revision order, from August 1st to September 1st claims and objections will be taken up for the published Draft Electoral Roll.

        During this period any elector or political party may fill the prescribed forms and submit claims to the ERO for the inclusion of eligible electors who are left out.

        The Special Intensive Revision was started on June 24th this year and several facts have been revealed from this verification process. Local BLOs and Booth Level Agents (BLAs) have reported that around 22 lakh voters have died, and approximately 7 lakh electors were registered in more than one location. Additionally, it was reported that nearly 35 lakh electors have either permanently migrated or could not be traced. After this it is expected that around 64 lakhs names will be eliminated from the electoral roll.

        In this massive drive, 38 District Election Officers (DEOs), 243 Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), 2,976 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), and around 78,000 BLOs were deployed.

        Besides this, volunteers, representatives from all 12 political parties, their 38 district presidents, and 1.60 lakh BLAs were involved.