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**Concerns Raised Over Missing Voters in Bihar Ahead of Assembly Elections**
**New Delhi, October 3, 2025** – The final electoral roll for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections is facing scrutiny as concerns emerge over a significant number of deleted voters. CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya has called on the Election Commission (EC) to provide clarification on the removal of 3.66 lakh additional voters, citing a lack of transparency in the final list published on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
Bhattacharya highlighted several key issues, including uncertainty about the number of wrongfully deleted voters who have been reinstated, and a worrying decline in the proportion of female voters. “There were 914 women per 1,000 male voters before the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Now it’s down to 892,” he stated, emphasizing a disproportionate impact on women.
The final electoral roll lists 7.42 crore voters. This represents a decrease from the 7.89 crore voters recorded on June 24, 2025, prior to the SIR. While 21.53 lakh names were added after the draft list was released on August 1, 2025 which had 7.24 crore voters after 65 lakh names were removed, Bhattacharya questions the rationale behind the remaining deletions.
He also raised concerns about the EC’s directive for those wrongfully deleted to re-enroll using Form 6, typically used by first-time voters, and is demanding clarification on how many of those added via Form 6 are genuinely new voters. Furthermore, Bhattacharya flagged reports indicating that 6,000 deletions were attributed to individuals being deemed “non-citizens of India,” a figure that was not present in the draft roll.
The CPI(ML) General Secretary warned that the Opposition may resort to legal action, stating, “If the answers aren’t forthcoming, the Opposition will have to approach the Supreme Court once again.”
The Election Commission of India has stated that they received documents from 98.2% of voters during the SIR.
The Bihar Assembly elections are scheduled for later this year. The controversy surrounding the electoral roll is expected to further intensify political tensions in the state.
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