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CPI(ML) Demands Answers on Bihar Voter Roll, Questions 3.66 Lakh Final Deletions

The party will press its objections before the Election Commission in Patna, with a return to the Supreme Court possible.

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Overview

  • Final electoral roll published on September 30 lists 7.42 crore voters after Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision.
  • EC data show 21.53 lakh additions and a further 3.66 lakh deletions after the draft; pre‑SIR count was 7.89 crore and the August 1 draft had 7.24 crore after about 65 lakh removals.
  • Dipankar Bhattacharya says nearly 69 lakh names were struck off in total and asks why 3.66 lakh more were removed post‑draft and whether those people got a hearing.
  • CPI(ML) flags a drop in the female-to-male ratio on the rolls from 914 to 892 and cites reports of roughly 6,000 deletions for being labelled non-citizens.
  • The EC has told wrongfully deleted voters to re-enrol using Form 6, as multiple petitions on the SIR head to the Supreme Court next week and parties meet the EC in Bihar on October 4.