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Bihar Elections: Index Cards published on ECINet

Posted On: 17 NOV 2025 5:45PM by PIB Delhi
  1. Election Commission of India (ECI) has marked several firsts with the successful conduct of the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections, 2025.
  2. ECI had taken as many as 17 new initiatives starting with these elections. (Annexure)
  3. Highest ever polling percentage of 67.13%* in Bihar since 1951.
  4. Highest ever participation by female voters with polling percentage of 71.78%* in Bihar since 1951.
  5. Zero appeals against wrongful inclusion or exclusion of any elector after Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar in any of the 38 districts from any of the electors or any of the 12 recognised political parties.
  6. Zero repolls in Bihar Assembly Elections, 2025
    • No re-polls requested by any of the 2,616 candidates
    • No re-polls requested by any of the 12 recognised political parties
  7. Counting was conducted by 243 Returning Officers (ROs) in the presence of 243 Counting Observers and 31,768 counting agents appointed by 2,616 candidates.
  8. In another major initiative Index Cards** for Bihar elections and bye-elections in 8 ACs, have been made available for the first time within 72 hours of the declaration of the poll results. Before the introduction of ECINET, the publication of Index Cards, used to take several weeks, or even months as the data used to be manually filled by the field officials.
  9. Mandatory verification of VVPAT slips was done for 5 randomly selected polling stations per Assembly Constituency (total 1,215 polling stations) and no discrepancy was found with the EVM count anywhere.
  10. The Index Card reports contain data across multiple dimensions such as candidates, electors, votes polled, votes counted, party-wise and candidate- wise vote polled etc. These Index card reports can be accessed from both the platforms i.e. ECINet App (About Elections tab  Current Elections  Index Cards) and the ECI website.

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* Data given in Press Note dated 13.11.2025 did not include Service Voters & Postal Ballots. All-inclusive final figures are being shared through ECI Index Card.

** The Index Card, is a non-statutory, suo-moto initiative by the Commission to promote accessibility of election-related data. These reports are prepared only for academic and research purposes from the secondary data filled in the Index Cards. The primary data is in the statutory forms maintained by the concerned Returning Officers and the data kept in statutory forms is final.

ANNEXURE

 

ECI’S 17 BIHAR FIRST INITIATIVES

 

  1. Electoral Rolls
    1. Special Intensive Revision conducted with zero appeals to purify Electoral Roll in Bihar to ensure no eligible Elector was left out and no ineligible person was included.
    2. Remuneration doubled for BLOs, enhanced for BLO Supervisors and for polling/counting staff, CAPF, monitoring teams and micro-observers. Honorarium for EROs and AEROs for the first time.
    3. Faster Delivery of EPIC within 15 days of an update in Electoral Roll.
    4. Standard Photo ID cards for BLOs to enhance filed level transparency.
  2. Training
  1. Booth Level Officers (BLOs) from Bihar trained for the first time in IIIDEM, Delhi.
  2. Booth Level Agents (BLAs) appointed by all Political Parties in Bihar trained in various aspects of supporting preparing Electoral Rolls at IIIDEM for the first time.
  3. Special      sessions       conducted       for    Bihar      Police     to    reinforce      law     and     order preparedness during elections.
  1. Conduct of Elections
  1. Limit of 1,200 voters per polling station to reduce crowding and additional booths in high-rise residential complexes and societies.
  2. Mobile Deposit Facility outside polling stations for convenience of voters.
  3. Serial and part number displayed prominently on Voter Information Slips (VIS)
  4. Important modules activated on ECINet App offering services for voters and polling staff.
  5. Voter turnout figures updated on a near real-time basis by Presiding Officer on ECINet to ensure minimum delay in update.
  6. Candidate Booths allowed to be set up just outside 100 meters of polling station.
  7. 100% webcasting facility ensured at all polling stations to monitor critical poll activities.
  8. EVM ballot papers carried colour photographs of candidates and made more readable.
  1. Counting
  1.   Mandatory VVPAT counting instructed in case of mismatch between Form 17C and EVM data and wherever mock poll data was erroneously not erased.
  2. Penultimate (second last) round of EVM/VVPATs counting shall be taken up only after the counting of Postal Ballot papers.

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