Active participation of Bihar electors in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and tireless efforts of the election officials, the volunteers and 1.56-lakh proactive force of Booth Level Agents (BLAs) who have been appointed by all recognised political parties, has resulted in the collection of 57.48 % Enumeration Forms in the first 15 days of the exercise with16 more days left.

By 6.00 PM today, 4,53,89,881 Enumeration Forms, which is 57.48% of the total of 7,89,69,844 (nearly 7.90 crore) existing electors in Bihar, have been collected in the last 15 days, since the issue of SIR instructions on June 24, 2025. In the last 24 hours i.e. from 6.00 PM yesterday, 83,12,804 Enumeration Forms have been collected, which amounts to 10.52 % collected in a single day.

Maintaining the same momentum on the field, and with just about 42.5 % forms remaining to be collected, the exercise of collecting the Enumeration Forms could be completed well before the stipulated date i.e. July 25, 2025.

Para 3(d) of SIR guidelines provide that the existing electors, which includes those who have temporarily migrated, in line with the section 20(1A) of the RP Act 1950, can download a pre-filled Enumeration Form from: https://voters.eci.gov.in. Existing electors, who have temporarily migrated can also print and sign the Enumeration Form and send it, before 25th July 2025, to their BLO, through their family members or through any online means (as per para 3(d) of SIR guidelines), including WhatsApp or similar applications, so that their names are included in the draft Electoral Rolls.

During this period of past 15 days since the beginning of the SIR exercise, 7.90 crore forms were printed and nearly 98% forms (7.71 crore) have already been distributed to be electors.

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PK/GDH/RP

(Release ID: 2143479)