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ECI Nears 95% Coverage in Bihar Voter Roll Revision as Supreme Court Hearing Looms

Facing a July 21 deadline, the poll body must explain to the Supreme Court how it will process 32 lakh pending forms, with 41 lakh electors flagged for exclusion under its intensive enumeration.

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Overview

  • The Election Commission reports roughly 94.7–95.9% coverage, having received forms from about 7.15 crore of Bihar’s 7.89 crore electors ahead of the July 25 deadline.
  • Over 41 lakh voters were not found at their registered addresses—comprising confirmed deceased, permanently shifted, duplicate and untraceable electors—and face potential exclusion from the draft roll.
  • Multiple petitions filed by opposition leaders, including an RJD MP’s Supreme Court plea for a uniform national revision model, have prompted the ECI to file its detailed reply by July 21.
  • Union Minister Pralhad Joshi has defended the SIR as a routine, technology-driven update, citing past voter-list discrepancies highlighted by Rahul Gandhi, while critics warn it mirrors a covert citizenship registry.
  • Preparations to replicate Bihar’s door-to-door Special Intensive Revision in West Bengal are set to begin by late July or early August ahead of the state’s 2026 assembly elections.