Months before Bihar election, EC makes big announcement, plans to remove….

The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) campaign of the voter list is going on in Bihar before the assembly elections. Under the process so far, the names of more than 35 lakh voters are set to be removed from the list. These include those who have either been found dead, have permanently moved to other places or whose name is in more than one place. The Election Commission said on Monday that 83.66 percent counting forms have been received so far during the special intensive revision of the voter list in Bihar.

According to the commission, the data so far has revealed that 1.59 percent (12,55,620) voters have been found dead, while 2.2 percent (17,37,336) voters have permanently shifted to other places. Apart from this, 0.73 percent (5,76,479) voters have been found registered at more than one place. According to the commission, on the basis of these figures, a total of 35,69,435 names will be removed from the voter list. This number is not final and it is possible to increase in the coming days, as the process of filling the forms is still going on.

How many forms received so far?

The commission said, out of a total of 7,89,69,844 voters in the state, forms of 6,60,67,208 voters have been received so far. Now only 11.82 percent voters are left, who have to complete the process of filling the form. There are still 11 days left till the last date for submission of counting forms. Now only 11.82 percent voters have yet to submit the counting form. Many of them have sought time to submit the form along with the documents in the coming days. According to the commission, 5.74 crore forms have been uploaded on the recently launched ECI-Net platform by the Election Commission till 6 pm on Monday.

What Election Commission said about eligible voters?

The Commission assured that extensive efforts are being made to ensure that ‘no eligible voter is left out’. Soon, one lakh BLOs (Booth Level Officers) will begin the third round of door-to-door visits. They are also being assisted by 1.5 lakh BLAs (Booth Level Agents), who can authenticate and submit 50 enumeration forms per day. Keeping in mind the voters of urban areas, special camps are being set up in 5,683 wards of 261 urban local bodies (ULBs) of Bihar so that no urban voter is left out of the electoral rolls.

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