Overview

• ECI data show roughly 68 lakh deletions and 21.53 lakh additions during the Special Intensive Revision, lifting the total from the August draft of 7.24 crore to the final 7.42 crore.
• The top court, which earlier required a searchable list with reasons for deletions and permitted Aadhaar as identity proof, has kept statutory challenges alive and set a final hearing for next week.
• The final rolls are available online and being distributed to district officials and parties, with district updates showing gains such as Patna adding about 1.63 lakh electors.
• Opposition parties call the exercise discriminatory, and an investigative report flagged a BJP-linked request to delete 78,384 Muslim names in Dhaka, which officials said would be verified; the EC rejects claims of bias.
• EC leaders will visit Bihar on October 4–5 to review poll preparedness, and excluded voters can still seek inclusion via supplementary lists up to 10 days before nomination deadlines with appeals available under law.