Overview

• The final voters’ list prepared under the Special Intensive Revision is scheduled for publication on September 30, following an August draft of 7.24 crore electors after about 65 lakh deletions.
• Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi will brief Bihar poll observers at IIIDEM in Delhi on October 3 before the two-day state review.
• The Election Commission has directed transfers of officers who have served over three years in one place, with the Bihar administration asked to report compliance by October 6.
• The Supreme Court will hear challenges to the SIR on October 7, a proceeding that could shape the next steps for the election timeline.
• Campaign activity has intensified across parties, including a two-day Bihar visit by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and opposition rallies centered on the voter-roll overhaul.