The Election Commission of India (ECI) reported significant progress in Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. “With 10 more days left for the last date of submission of the filled Enumeration Forms (EFs) in the ongoing Bihar SIR out of the 7,89,69,844 electors in Bihar, EFs of 6,81,67,861 or 86.32% have been collected,” a PIB press release stated.
“Accounting for the deceased, permanently shifted and people enrolled in more than one place, the EF collection phase of the SIR has covered 90.84% of the nearly 7.9 crore strong electorate in Bihar. Only 9.16% electors remain to submit their filled EFs before the July 25 deadline.”
To ensure full inclusion, “Sparing no effort to ensure that all eligible electors are included in the draft electoral roll, the third round of household visits by the nearly 1 lakh BLOs will soon begin to collect the filled Enumeration Forms (EFs) of the remaining electors,” targeting households missed earlier.
“Special camps have been established in all the 5,683 wards of all 261 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of Bihar and newspaper advertisements issued to ensure that the remaining electors fill their EFs well in time and have names included in the Draft ER to be published on August 1, 2025.”
Electors are encouraged to use “the ECINet App or the online form on https://voters.eci.gov.in,” where “Uploading of forms on ECINet has further picked up with over 6.20 crore Enumeration Forms uploaded in the platform as at 6.00 PM today.” A new module for checking EF submission status will be live tonight.
The effort involves “1.5 Lakh BLAs appointed by all political parties, each one of whom can certify and submit up to 50 EFs per day,” alongside special urban camps.
Despite progress, concerns linger about documentation requirements, with opposition parties like Congress questioning the process’s inclusivity, citing high poverty and migration rates in Bihar.