7.42 crore voters on Bihar’s final electoral rolls at the end of SIR

Ahead of the Assembly election in Bihar, the Election Commission on Tuesday released the final electoral rolls in the State with nearly 7.42 crore names on the completion of the special intensive revision of the list.

Prior to the special intensive revision, the State had 7.89 crore voters as on June 24, 2025. When the draft list was released on August 1, 2025, there were 7.24 crore names with 65 lakh removed. On the final list, 21.53 lakh names were added and 3.66 lakh removed, a press statement from the commission said.

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar thanked the electors of Bihar, officials, booth-level agents and leaders of political parties in Bihar for the completion of the special revision in the State after a gap of 22 Years today.

Bihar’s Chief Electoral Officer Vinod Singh Gunjiyal said voters could check their details on voters.eci.gov.in/download-eroll.

“If any eligible person still wishes to apply for inclusion of their name in the Electoral Roll, they can submit an application up to 10 days before the last date for filing nominations for election,” Apurva Kumar Singh, Assistant Director, EC, said in the statement.

Mr. Singh said if any person was not satisfied with the decision of the electoral registration officer on entry on the electoral rolls, they may, under Section 24 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, file a first appeal before the District Magistrate and a second appeal before the CEO.

Physical and digital copies of the rolls are being shared with political parties. Mr. Singh said the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and district-, constituency-, and block-level election officers had shared with political parties booth-level lists of electors who were reported as deceased, whose enumeration forms were not received, who had permanently migrated, or who could not be traced, with the objective of identifying eligible voters. The draft electoral rolls were shared with all political parties, while the list of names not included on the draft rolls was displayed by the district election officers and district magistrates, as well as on the website of the Bihar CEO.

He said the SIR exercise was carried out in line with Article 326 of the Constitution, and the commission’s motto: “No eligible voter to be left out, and no ineligible person to be included in the electoral rolls.”

“This large-scale exercise was made successful through the sincere efforts of Chief Electoral Officer Bihar, District Election Officers of all 38 districts, 243 Electoral Registration Officers, 2.976 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers, around 1 lakh Booth Level Officers, lakhs of volunteers and the full involvement of all the 12 major Political Parties, including their district presidents and over 1.6 lakh Booth Level Agents appointed by them,” Mr. Singh said in the statement.

Bihar’s ruling parties welcomed the final electoral rolls. “We welcome the final voter list of Bihar after SIR has been completed successfully. This is certainly a step towards strengthening democracy and will increase transparency in elections,” BJP State spokesperson Niraj Kumar said.

Janata Dal(U) MLC and spokesperson Neeraj Kumar slammed the Opposition for questioning the EC’s credibility. “The Opposition parties were raising a finger against the EC with the slogan of ‘Vote Chori (vote theft)’ and now the final list has been published in which more than 21 lakh names have been added. In Bihar, the maximum population is of marginalised section and their names have been added. The Opposition is exposed now,” he said.

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Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal spokesperson Chitranjan Gagan said that after reviewing with booth-level agents and panchayat representatives, the party would give its official statement on the completion of SIR.