More than 7 crore voters and till July 25, where is the investigation of voter list reached in Bihar?

So far, about half of the voters have filled the SIR form in Bihar.

In Bihar, politics has been hot on the process of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Election Commission. Opposition parties have opposed this process of voter list investigation conducted by the Election Commission, while the Election Commission is calling it a common process. The Election Commission says that the investigation of the voter list before the election is not new. Such a process has been done before the election. Opposition parties say that the documents being demanded from voters for voter list investigation are wrong, it should be amended. Now the Election Commission has told that forms have been collected from about half the voters, while there is still 17 days left.

The Election Commission has said that given the progress of SIR till 6 pm on July 8, it is likely that the work of collecting the calculation form will be completed before the last day i.e. 25 July 2025. The Election Commission has said that in the last 14 days, forms have been collected from 37077077 voters of Bihar in Bihar itself. This figure is about 46.95 percent of the total 78969844 voters of Bihar.

7.90 crore forms were printed, 97 percent distribution was also given

In the first two weeks of SIR started in the state, 7.90 crore forms were printed and more than 97 percent forms (77044990) have been distributed to voters. Also, 18.16 percent forms have been uploaded in ECINET. A large number of potential voters are submitting calculation forms with the eligible documents specified in the order issued in the order issued. Now, the effort is that the remaining half form and eligibility documents should also be collected as soon as possible.

20603 BLO appointment at the ground level

In the last 24 hours i.e. till 6 pm on Monday evening, 8278617 calculation forms have been collected, which is 10.5 percent of the forms collected in a day. With the appointment of 20603 BLO at the ground level, the work of collecting the form has also gained momentum. Already 77895 BLOs are going door-to-door helping voters to fill their calculation form and collect them. The BLO has already completed the first tour of its compulsory three visits in each house and the second tour is still going on.

4 lakh volunteers handled the front

The Commission has said that about 4 lakh volunteers, including government officials, NCC cadets, NSS members in the SIR process. All these people are helping the elderly, disabled, sick and weak people and facilitated filling the form. Apart from this, all 243 AC, 963 AERO, 38 DEO and EROs covering the state CEO are helping voters to submit their forms at the ground level.

At the same time, the district presidents of all recognized political parties have also gained momentum in the appointment of BLA and they are actively participating at the ground level. 156626 BLAs have been appointed till Mangwar, while 138680 BLA was appointed at the beginning of this process. Political parties can still appoint BLA.