15 lakh Bihar voters yet to submit forms, says Election Commission

Around 15 lakh Bihar voters are yet to submit their enumeration forms with just two days to go for the July 25, 2025 deadline as part of the Special Intensive Revision of the State’s electoral rolls, according to data from the Election Commission of India. Another one lakh voters remain untraceable.

Also read: Bihar SIR: Election Commission shares list of voters who didn’t submit forms or ‘not found’ with Bihar parties

More than 98.01% of electors have been covered by the SIR exercise, the ECI said in a statement on Wednesday. However, 20 lakh have died, 28 lakh have permanently migrated, and 7 lakh have been found enrolled at more than one place, the ECI added.

As part of the first phase of the SIR, lists of all “primarily incorrectly included electors” — those who have been wrongly included in the existing electoral roll — and those who have not yet returned their enumeration forms were shared with 1.5 lakh Booth Level Agents on June 20, the ECI said. These agents have been nominated by the district presidents of the 12 major political parties of Bihar.

Online submission

The poll body said that Bihar electors who are currently temporarily residing outside the State, and have not registered as electors elsewhere, can fill in their form online at https://electors.eci.gov.in or through the ECINet mobile app. They can also take a printout of the form and sign it and send it to their Booth-Level Officer (BLO) through a family member, or fill and sign their printed form and send it to their BLO via WhatsApp.

The names of electors who have submitted their enumeration forms will be included in the draft electoral roll. Electors can also confirm the submission of their forms. The Commission has sent SMS messages to all such electors whose mobile numbers are provided in their enumeration forms.

Draft electoral roll

The draft roll will be published on August 1, at the completion of the first phase of the SIR. If there is any error in the draft, any elector or political party can file an objection regarding the inclusion of the name of any proposed elector with the concerned Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) or Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) of the concerned Assembly Constituency by September 1.

Similarly, if any eligible person does not find their name in the draft electoral roll, they can also file their claims with the ERO or AERO, the Commission said.