Overview
- On Sunday during a two-day Bihar visit, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar publicly linked the three-month Special Intensive Revision to a sharp rise in turnout and met local election staff to discuss next steps.
- The Election Commission says the SIR removed about 70 lakh names from the rolls after door-to-door checks by Booth Level Officers using pre-filled forms and new parent‑link verification for new registrants.
- The Commission records the November 2025 assembly turnout at 67.25 percent, which it says is the highest in Bihar since Independence and higher than turnout figures cited for several developed democracies.
- Kumar plans to interact with roughly 500 BLOs at Nalanda University and will roll out Electoral Literacy Club 2.0 and the ECINET digital platform to expand voter education and youth outreach.
- Politically, the cleaned rolls and higher turnout followed a decisive BJP-JD(U)-led NDA win in 2025 and were followed months later by Nitish Kumar’s resignation and Samrat Choudhary becoming Bihar’s chief minister.