Draft electoral roll for Bihar not final list: Election Commission

The draft roll is scheduled to be published on August 1 and the final roll on September 30

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) asserted on Sunday that the draft electoral roll to be published in Bihar is not the final voters' list, saying a month's time will be available to include eligible electors and exclude those ineligible.

The draft roll is scheduled to be published on August 1 and the final roll on September 30.

The poll panel also said at the end of the month-long first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar's electoral roll, enumeration forms from 7.24 crore or 91.69 per cent voters of the state have been received.

It added that 36 lakh people were found to have either permanently shifted from their previous addresses or were not found. The EC also pointed out that seven lakh Bihar voters were found to have enrolled themselves at multiple places.