Bihar SIR final list: 7.42 crore voters on Bihar’s revised electoral rolls

The Election Commission of India on September 30 released the revised voter list of Bihar after conducting the special intensive revision (SIR).

As per the revised list the total number of eligible voters in the state stands at nearly 7.42 crore.

Prior to the special intensive revision, Bihar had 7.89 crore voters as on June 25. When the draft list was released on August 1, there were 7.24 crore names with 65 lakh removed. On the final list, 21.53 lakh names were added and 3.66 lakh removed, the Election Commission of India said.

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar thanked the electors of Bihar, officials, booth-level agents and leaders of political parties in Bihar for the completion of the special revision in the State after a gap of 22 Years today.

The poll body released the new poll roll on the website. “In light of the special intensive revision, the final electoral roll has been published on 30.09.2025. Any voter can view the details of their name in the electoral roll through the provided link,” EC said in a social media post on X.

Bihar’s Chief Electoral Officer Vinod Singh Gunjiyal said voters could check their details on voters.eci.gov.in/download-eroll.

“If any eligible person still wishes to apply for inclusion of their name in the Electoral Roll, they can submit an application up to 10 days before the last date for filing nominations for election,” Apurva Kumar Singh, Assistant Director, EC, said in the statement.

Singh said if any person was not satisfied with the decision of the electoral registration officer on entry on the electoral rolls, they may, under Section 24 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, file a first appeal before the District Magistrate and a second appeal before the CEO.

Physical and digital copies of the rolls are being shared with political parties. Mr. Singh said the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and district-, constituency-, and block-level election officers had shared with political parties booth-level lists of electors who were reported as deceased, whose enumeration forms were not received, who had permanently migrated, or who could not be traced, with the objective of identifying eligible voters. The draft electoral rolls were shared with all political parties, while the list of names not included on the draft rolls was displayed by the district election officers and district magistrates, as well as on the website of the Bihar CEO.

He said the SIR exercise was carried out in line with Article 326 of the Constitution, and the commission’s motto: “No eligible voter to be left out, and no ineligible person to be included in the electoral rolls.”

“This large-scale exercise was made successful through the sincere efforts of Chief Electoral Officer Bihar, District Election Officers of all 38 districts, 243 Electoral Registration Officers, 2.976 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers, around 1 lakh Booth Level Officers, lakhs of volunteers and the full involvement of all the 12 major Political Parties, including their district presidents and over 1.6 lakh Booth Level Agents appointed by them,” Singh said in the statement.

Bihar SIR salient points

• Physical & Digital Copies of final electoral roll are being shared with political parties. Any elector can check it online at https://voters.eci.gov.in .
• This large-scale exercise was made successful through the sincere efforts of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Bihar, District Election Officers (DEOs) of all 38 districts, 243 Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), 2,976 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), around 1 lakh Booth Level Officers (BLOs), lakhs of volunteers and the full involvement of all the 12 major Political Parties , including their district presidents and over 1.6 lakh Booth Level Agents (BLAs) appointed by them.
• The Commission also thanks the print, electronic and online media for regularly spreading awareness and their feedback throughout the process.
• Regular meetings with political parties were conducted to explain SIR process & keep them informed throughout. By 20 July 2025, CEO/DEOs/EROs/BLOs had shared booth-level lists with political parties of electors who were reported as deceased, whose enumeration forms were not received, who had permanently migrated, or who could not be traced, with the objective of identifying eligible voters. Draft Electoral Roll was also shared with all political parties. Also, list of names not included in draft roll was displayed on DEO/DMs (district-wise) as well as on the CEO Bihar website for public viewing.
• SIR exercise was carried out in line with Article 326 of Constitution & ECI’s motto of “no eligible voter to be left out, and no ineligible person to be included in the Electoral rolls”
• If any eligible person still wishes to apply for inclusion of their name in Electoral Roll, they can submit an application up to ten days before last date for filing nominations for election.
• If any person is not satisfied with decision of ERO regarding an entry in final electoral roll, they may, under Section 24 of the RP Act, 1950, file a first appeal before District Magistrate and a second appeal before CEO.