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.