The final electoral roll for the Bihar Assembly elections will be published today. The assembly elections in the state will be conducted on the basis of this roll. The Election Commission will release it online, and it will be available on its official website this afternoon.

 

 

According to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Bihar, physical copies of the electoral roll will be made available to all District Election Officers-cum-District Magistrates. The final roll will also be provided to all recognised national and state-level political parties. Following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) campaign, the draft electoral roll was published on 1st August this year. It included the names of more than 7.24 crore voters who had submitted their enumeration forms.

 

 

In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the number of voters in Bihar stood at 7.89 crore. During the SIR drive, names of about 65 lakh voters who were deceased, had shifted elsewhere, or were listed in duplicate were removed.

During the claims and objections process, 16.59 lakh eligible citizens submitted Form-6 for inclusion in the electoral roll.

 

 

According to the Election Commission, more than 36,000 voters filed claims to add their names, while 2.17 lakh voters applied for the deletion of names. Around three lakh voters were issued notices for not submitting the required documents. In the final electoral roll, the names of deceased, transferred, and duplicate voters identified during the SIR have not been included.