ECI publishes list of 65 lakh voters excluded from Bihar draft electoral roll after SIR

The Election Commission of India on Sunday uploaded the list of 65 lakh voters, whose names were removed from the Bihar draft electoral roll published on August 1 after the controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

The list of voters whose names were included in the Bihar voter list till 2025, but are not included in the draft roll have been uploaded on the official wesbite of the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar.

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“The BLOs, with the help of booth-level agents appointed by political parties, other local public representatives, and other officials, have prepared the following list of voters whose enumeration slips have not been received. Any dissatisfied person can submit their claim along with a copy of their Aadhaar card,” a notice on the website read.

The downloaded list provide following details of excluded electors — serial number, EPIC number, name of voter, relation type, name of relative, old part number, old serial number, age, and gender.

More importantly, it also mentions reason for their non-inclusion in the August 1 draft roll.

The publication of the exluded electors under the Special Intensive Revision exercise in poll-bound Bihar came after Supreme Court order.

Also Read: Big SC directive to ECI on Bihar SIR: ‘Publish names of omitted 65 lakh voters’

Earlier on Thursday, the apex court had directed the Election Commission of India to publish the names of 65 lakh voters excluded from the draft electoral roll, including reasons behind their exclusion.

Hearing a batch of petitions challenging the Special Intensive revision exercise in Bihar, the court said, “List of approx. 65 lakh voters whose names appears in voter list of 2025 but are not included in draft list, shall be displayed on the website of every district electoral officers (district-wise)”.

The court said that the ECI will also ensure voters are made aware of the reasons behind the exclusion.