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Election Commission of India Unveils 28-Point Overhaul as Bihar Roll Cleanup Faces Court Scrutiny

The push follows a Supreme Court directive to publish names and reasons for roughly 65 lakh deletions from Bihar’s draft rolls within 48 hours.

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Overview

  • The commission outlined six reform pillars and detailed measures including ECINET’s rollout, 100 percent polling-station webcasting, two-hourly turnout updates, and counting VVPAT slips whenever they mismatch with EVM data.
  • Officials reported 4,719 all-party meetings with over 28,000 representatives, issued photo IDs to booth-level officers, and set post-result checks of EVM microcontrollers in five percent of machines.
  • In Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision, the commission has disclosed about 65 lakh deletions, citing roughly 22 lakh deceased voters, 36 lakh permanently shifted or untraceable individuals, and 7 lakh duplicates.
  • Operational steps include capping 1,200 electors per polling station, introducing mobile deposit counters outside booths, fast-tracking EPIC delivery to 15 days, and expanding training and remuneration for election staff.
  • Civil society welcomed recognition of voters as stakeholders but criticized the absence of clear accountability mechanisms for electoral officials responsible for faulty rolls.