Datanomics: Bihar SIR may shrink voters' strength to 55% of population

EC data shows 6.5 million names on exclusion list, pulling electorate below pre-Covid levels

The Election Commission on August 24 said that over 98 per cent of Bihar’s 72 million electors had submitted their documents within 60 days of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Bihar’s electorate has grown from 56 million in 2011 to 78 million in 2024 — however, if the July 2025 revision comes into effect, the numbers will go below pre-Covid levels, marking the sharpest decline.

 

Numbers could fall to pre-Covid levels in Bihar

 

If SIR is implemented, the share of electors in the state’s total population would be just 55 per cent in