Public can file claims and objections till one month after draft electoral rolls are published in Bihar Special Intensive Revision exercise, says EC
The draft electoral rolls would be published on August 1.
The daily lists of claims and objections will be displayed at the offices of the Electoral Registration Officers (ERO) and published on the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) website.
'Will provide fair hearing'
Weekly updates will also be shared with political parties. Final electoral rolls will be prepared only after disposing of claims and objections and no deletion will be made without due inquiry and providing the person concerned a fair hearing, the poll body said in a statement on Thursday (July 3, 2025).
The EC said the same has been conveyed to the representatives of 10 political parties that met the Commission on Wednesday (July 2, 2025).
Explaining the timeline of the process, the poll body said that in the first phase, from June 25 to July 3, enumeration forms are being printed and distributed to the approximately 7.9 crore electors in Bihar. EROs are making available partially pre-filled forms, based on existing records as on June 23, 2025. BLOs are delivering the enumeration forms door-to-door to all the 7.9 crore electors whose names are on the electoral rolls as on June 24, which is the date of issue of the SIR order.
Following this, in the second phase, the enumeration forms will be filled and submitted before July 25.
In the third phase of the exercise, running parallel from June 25 to July 26, the completed enumeration forms will be collected by the BLOs along with the self-attested documents. They can be submitted online as well.
In the fourth phase, the draft electoral rolls will be published on August 1. The list will include all electors whose forms have been received by the deadline. Names for which no enumeration form has been submitted before July 25 will not appear in the draft roll.
Copies of the draft roll will be provided to recognised political parties free of cost and uploaded on the EC's website. Electors who miss the initial deadline can still apply during the claims and objections period using Form-6 along with a declaration form.
In the fifth phase, from August 1 to September 1, any member of the public can file claims and objections for inclusion or raise objections to existing entries in the draft roll. No deletion will be made without due inquiry and providing the person concerned a fair hearing, the EC said.
The final electoral roll will be published on September 30.
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