Overview

• Over 88 percent of Bihar’s 7.9 crore electors have been accounted for, leaving 6.85 percent still to submit enumeration forms by July 25
• The Election Commission flagged roughly 35 lakh entries as deceased, shifted or duplicate and started sharing ‘not found’ voter data with recognised parties on July 17
• The Supreme Court permitted the revision to proceed, directed broader document acceptance and scheduled the next hearing for July 28
• Bihar Chief Electoral Officer Vinod Singh Gunjiyal rolled out an online enumeration form via QR code and the ECINet portal to help migrants and absentee voters participate
• A draft electoral roll will be published on August 1, with the final roll set for September 30 ahead of the October–November assembly elections