Special Intensive Revision: 86.32% enumeration forms collected in Bihar, says ECI
Election Commission of India
(ECI) on Tuesday said that 86.32% of Enumeration Forms (EFs) have been collected so far across the state.
Out of the 7.89 crore
electors in Bihar
, over 6.81 crore EFs have been received.
Taking into account forms marked for the deceased, permanently relocated voters, and duplicate enrolments, the ECI noted that 90.84% of the electorate has been covered in the EF collection phase. Only 9.16% voters remain to submit their forms before the
July 25 deadline
.
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To ensure no
eligible elector
is left out of the
draft electoral roll
, which will be published on August 1, nearly one lakh
Booth Level Officers
(BLOs) will begin a third round of
household visits
, specifically targeting homes where residents were unavailable during previous rounds.
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