Bihar&rsquo;s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and the team of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) have processed and resolved 341 claims and objections submitted directly by electors for the inclusion of eligible names in the draft voter list and the removal of ineligible voters.
According to an Election Commission of India (ECI) bulletin, a total of 13,970 claims and objections have been received so far as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. As per the rules, such claims and objections are addressed by the concerned ERO or AERO after a 7-day verification period following the submission of required documents.
Interestingly, even after 12 days since the publication of the draft rolls on August 1, no political party has submitted a formal complaint.
Since the SIR process began on August 1, a total of 63,591 new voters who turned 18 during this period have applied to be added to the electoral list. Of these, only six applications were filed via Booth Level Agents (BLAs) of political parties.
The revision exercise has faced criticism from opposition parties, who allege irregularities that could disenfranchise lakhs of voters a claim the ECI has denied. The Commission has left a one-month window for individuals, parties, and BLAs to raise concerns about the draft voter list.
Currently, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has 47,506 BLAs, Congress 17,549, and Left parties over 2,000, totaling more than 67,000 BLAs in the state. The ECI has urged all political parties to actively participate in the revision exercise and flag any instances of voter exclusion.
Between June 23 and July 25, Congress increased its BLAs by 105% to 17,549, RJD by 1% to 47,506, Janata Dal (United) by 31% to 36,550, and BJP by 3% to 53,338.
The enumeration phase of the SIR, held from June 24 to July 25, covered over 7.24 crore of Bihar&rsquo;s 7.89 crore registered voters. Following the process, around 65 lakh names were found missing from the draft rolls, including 22 lakh deceased voters (2.83%), 36 lakh (4.59%) who had permanently shifted or were untraceable, and 7 lakh (0.89%) who were registered in more than one location, as per ECI data. [Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by the Benefit News editorial team and is published directly from the IANS news feed]

ECI processes thousands of entries in Bihar’s draft rolls; no party complaints so far

Bihar ECI Resolves 341 Voter List Claims

ECI processes thousands of entries in Bihar’s draft rolls; no party complaints so far

August 12, 2025 | 20:22 IST