Bihar Voter Roll Review: 10 Days To Go, Less Than 10% Enumeration Forms Yet To Be Collected

Last Updated:July 15, 2025, 22:39 IST

So far, 6.81 crore filled forms—86.32% of the total electorate—have been collected, the ECI said

The ECI also said that, sparing no effort to ensure that all eligible electors are included in the draft electoral roll, the third round of household visits by the nearly one lakh booth-level officers (BLOs) will soon begin to collect the filled EFs of the remaining electors in the ongoing SIR. Representational pic/PTI

With ten days left before the July 25 deadline, the special intensive revision (SIR) in Bihar has covered 90.84% of the 7.9 crore electorate, according to official data released on Tuesday.

In a key digital push, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced that voters will now be able to check the status of their enumeration form (EF) submission through a newly launched module on https://voters.eci.gov.in, going live Tuesday night.

So far, 6.81 crore filled EFs—86.32% of the total electorate—have been collected, the ECI said. When accounting for voters who are dead, have permanently shifted, or are enrolled in multiple places, the collection drive has effectively covered 90.84% of the electorate.

“Accounting for the deceased, permanently shifted, and people enrolled in more than one place, the EF collection phase of the SIR has covered 90.84% of the nearly 7.9 crore strong electorate in Bihar. Only 9.16% electors remain to submit their filled EFs before the July 25 deadline," the poll body said.

The ECI also said that, sparing no effort to ensure that all eligible electors are included in the draft electoral roll, the third round of household visits by the nearly one lakh booth-level officers (BLOs) will soon begin to collect the filled EFs of the remaining electors in the ongoing SIR.

“The BLOs will again visit those households where the electors were temporarily absent in the previous visits," the ECI added.

More than 1.5 lakh booth-level agents (BLAs) appointed by all political parties are “supporting the efforts" of the BLOs, the ECI said, adding that each BLA can certify and submit up to 50 EFs per day.

Special camps, newspaper adverts to reach each voter

Special camps have been established in all 5,683 wards of all 261 urban local bodies (ULBs) of Bihar, and newspaper advertisements have been issued to ensure that the remaining electors fill their EFs well in time and have their names also included in the draft ER to be published on August 1.

Such electors are also being encouraged by the BLOs to fill up their forms online using their mobile phones through the ECINet App or the online form on https://voters.eci.gov.in.

6.20 crore forms uploaded online

Uploading of forms on ECINet has further picked up, with over 6.20 crore EFs uploaded on the platform as of 6 pm on Tuesday.

On Monday, News18 reported that under the SIR, more than 35 lakh names that were on the voter list will be excluded from the upcoming Bihar assembly election.

This figure includes at least 12.55 lakh (1.59%) registered voters who have died, 17.37 lakh who have permanently moved out of the state (2.2%), and another 5.76 lakh who are duplicate enrolments (0.73%), as per ECI data.

The term of the Bihar assembly will end in November, and the state will go for polls before that.

Nivedita Singh

Nivedita Singh is a data journalist and covers the Election Commission, Indian Railways and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. She has nearly seven years of experience in the news media. She tweets @nived...Read More

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