More women voters deleted from Bihar rolls in SIR

Bihar’s electoral rolls have contracted sharply in 2025. Between January 1, when the special summary revision (SSR) rolls data was published, and September 30, when the final list under the special intensive revision (SIR) was issued, the state lost over 3.8 million voters.

- Vrinda Tulsian

The rolls stood at 78 million at the start of the year, and have now dropped to 74.1 million.

The change is not evenly distributed across gender. Male voters fell from 40.7 million in January to 39.2 million in September, a 3.8% reduction. Female voters fell from 37.2 million to 34.9 million in the same period, a sharper 6.1% decline. In absolute terms, men declined by 1.55 million, while women fell by 2.27 million. This imbalance means nearly six out of every 10 names deleted during the SIR process were women.