Overview

• Election Commission officials confirmed the SIR-based final electoral roll will be published on September 30 after the statewide re-enumeration.
• The full Commission will brief general, police and expenditure observers on October 3 at IIIDEM in New Delhi.
• Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi will review preparedness in Patna on October 4–5.
• The August 1 draft listed 7.24 crore electors with about 65 lakh names removed; reports suggest the final roll could be near 7.3 crore with roughly 14 lakh additions.
• The Supreme Court will hear final arguments on the SIR challenges on October 7 with the court indicating it could set aside the exercise, while the EC has sought transfer action reports by October 6 as polls must conclude before the November 22 Assembly term end.