Bihar SIR: 6% drop in voters; 3.7 lakh electors declared ‘ineligible’
Bihar's final electoral roll for the upcoming assembly elections is 7.4 crore, reflecting a 6% drop from the pre-revision count. This figure follows the Special Intensive Revision, which involved deleting 3.7 lakh ineligible names and adding 21.5 lakh new voters. The process, initially marked by 65 lakh deletions, had previously sparked significant opposition protests.
Bihar's final electoral roll for the upcoming assembly elections is 7.4 crore, reflecting a 6% drop from the pre-revision count. This figure follows the Special Intensive Revision, which involved deleting 3.7 lakh ineligible names and adding 21.5 lakh new voters. The process, initially marked by 65 lakh deletions, had previously sparked significant opposition protests.
