Overview

• The final roll records 124,899 male voters, 130,921 female voters and three third-gender voters, according to the Chief Electoral Officer.
• News18, citing the district election officer, reports 5,171 newly enrolled electors, while The Statesman and The Hindu report 4,456 additions after scrutiny.
• Polling stations have been reconfigured from 291 to 300 through new creations and mergers, with high-strength booths rationalised to improve access.
• Security planning includes a proposal to deploy 10 CRPF companies and special monitoring of sensitive locations given past Naxal incidents.
• Administrators are arranging voter access on rain-damaged roads as parties position candidates, with JMM projecting Somesh Soren and the BJP weighing multiple names under the six-month bypoll timeline.