This state turns into first in India to have electors lower than 12,000

Bihar has develop into the primary state within the nation to have all polling stations (PS) with lower than 1,200 electors.

Bihar has develop into the primary state within the nation to have all polling stations (PS) with lower than 1,200 electors, in accordance with an official assertion from Election Fee of India (ECI). In accordance with the ECI, a complete of 96.23 p.c of electors have been coated in Bihar SIR. 5.56 p.c of electors weren’t discovered at their addresses to date. Checklist of electors who haven’t returned the enumeration kind or weren’t discovered at their handle shared with all main political events. On August 1, Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) will invite objections from the general public for any additions/deletions/ rectifications in draft electoral rolls.

In accordance with the ECI, 12,817 new polling stations have been added in Bihar to stop lengthy queues at polling stations. As per the Bihar SIR order dated June 24, 2025 (pages 2, factors 6/7 and seven, level 2(a)), the sooner ceiling of 1,500 electors/PS had been revised to 1,200 electors/PS. After including 12,817 new PS, the entire variety of PS in Bihar will improve to 90,712 from the sooner 77,895. This main achievement of Bihar is to be adopted by different states/UTs, as per the discharge.

The CEOs DEOs/EROs/BLOs have held conferences with representatives of all political events and shared detailed lists of the 29.62 lakh electors whose Varieties haven’t been acquired to date, in addition to the almost 43.93 lakh electors who weren’t discovered at their addresses.

All 12 main political events have additionally been requested to attach with these remaining electors by way of their District Presidents and almost 1.5 lakh Sales space Stage Brokers (BLAs). That is to make sure that the complete election equipment, together with political events, works collectively in a mission mode in order that no eligible elector is omitted of the draft Electoral Roll to be revealed on August 1, 2025, as per ECI.

In an announcement, ECI mentioned that from August 1, 2025, any member of the general public can file objections for any additions/deletions/rectifications in Draft Electoral Rolls, in accordance with the SIR order dated 24.06.2025.

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