Overview

• The Election Commission reports that 94.7–95.9% of Bihar’s 7.9 crore electors have been contacted and 90.12% of enumeration forms returned, leaving about 32.2 lakh forms pending ahead of the July 25 deadline.
• Officials say 41.6 lakh voters remain unverified—labeled as not found, deceased, relocated, duplicated or untraceable—prompting warnings that up to 12–15% could be excluded if documentation is not resolved.
• The Commission will publish the draft electoral roll on August 1 with a one-month claims and objections period, then release the final list on September 30 ahead of the October–November assembly elections.
• RJD MPs and civil society groups have filed petitions in the Supreme Court challenging the exercise’s timing and documentary rules, while left-wing parties plan nationwide protests on August 8 and will meet the EC on July 22.
• The Patna administration has asked journalist Ajit Anjum to provide names and booth numbers to verify alleged irregularities in form uploads and has offered corrections during the August claims period.