Overview

• In a compliance affidavit, the Election Commission said booth-wise names of roughly 65 lakh excluded electors with stated reasons are now on all 38 district websites and displayed at local offices.
• Public notices inform that Aadhaar may be submitted with claims, the lists are EPIC-searchable online, and BLOs/BLAs are assisting residents to check reasons and file corrections.
• ECI data show deletions largely categorized as permanently shifted or untraceable, with smaller shares marked deceased or as multiple enrolments.
• The Bihar CEO has recorded 70,895 claims and objections and 2,28,793 applications from new electors so far, with the window open until September 1.
• Ahead of today’s Supreme Court hearing, independent analyses highlight disproportionate exclusions of younger women under the ‘permanently shifted’ reason, which petitioners cited to question the process.