Bihar Electoral Roll Revision: ‘Missing’ 56 Lakh Voters Will Be Dropped

Last Updated:July 23, 2025, 18:13 IST

The ECI said among the 56 lakh, at least 20 lakh are dead, 28 lakh permanently migrated, seven lakh registered at more than one place and one lakh untraceable

The special revision is part of the EC’s broader effort to ensure accuracy in the electoral rolls ahead of the elections to be held later this year. File pic/News18

With just two days left for the July 25 deadline to submit enumeration forms under Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR), at least one lakh electors remain untraceable, the Election Commission has found. In total, more than 56 lakh names are set to be dropped from the draft roll as of Wednesday.

As per the data from the Election Commission of India (ECI), among the names which will be dropped from the draft roll, expected on August 1, at least 20 lakh are reported dead, 28 lakh permanently migrated, seven lakh registered at more than one place and one lakh untraceable voters.

Speaking to News18, a poll body official said that cleaning of the roll before the elections will eliminate bogus voting by removing names of the deceased, those who have shifted, duplicate entries, illegal migrants, and non-existent voters.

The poll body on Wednesday evening shared that over 98% electors have been covered under the drive.

A total of 7.17 crore electors have submitted the enumeration forms which also have been digitised. Just 15 lakh enumeration forms are remaining, the ECI said.

The poll body also said that Bihar electors who are temporarily residing outside the state, and have not registered as electors elsewhere, can fill their form online at https://electors.eci.gov.in or through the ECINet mobile app, or take a printout of the form.

“They can fill and sign the printed form and send it to their BLO through a family member, or they can fill and sign their printed form and send the printed form to BLOs’ mobile via WhatsApp," the ECI added.

The names of electors who have submitted the enumeration form will be included in the Draft Electoral Roll. Electors can confirm the submission of their forms at https://electors.eci.gov.in/home/enumFormTrack#.

“The Commission has sent SMS messages to all such electors whose mobile numbers are given in the enumeration forms," the ECI said.

On August 1, at the completion of the first phase of SIR, the draft electoral roll will be published. “If there is any error in the draft electoral roll, any elector or political party can file an objection regarding the inclusion of the name of any proposed elector with the concerned ERO or AERO of that Assembly Constituency by September 1. Similarly, if any eligible person does not find their name in the Draft Electoral Roll, they can file their claims up to September 1," the ECI said.

The SIR drive is seen as a crucial step towards cleaning and strengthening Bihar’s electoral rolls ahead of the upcoming elections – to be held towards the year-end.

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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