197k objections, 29k inclusion requests filed in Bihar SIR: EC

EC ALSO SAID 1.33 MN NEW VOTERS HAVE APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION, WHICH COULD TAKE THE FINAL ELECTORAL ROLL BEYOND 72.4 MN

- Vrinda Tulsian and Anirban Guha Roy

The Election Commission released its first disaggregated breakdown of Bihar's contentious voter roll revision exercise on Saturday, revealing that nearly 200,000 objections have been filed to exclude names while fewer than 30,000 applications seek inclusions.

The panel also revealed that 1.33 million first-time voters have applied for registration since August l, which could take the final electoral roll significantly beyond the current 72.4 million people released in the draft earlier.

With only two days remaining before the September 1 deadline for claims and objections, the Commission disclosed that 197,000 exclusion requests have been submitted against 29,872 inclusion applications since the draft roll was published on August 1.