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Nearly 10k unexplained deletions in voter roll
Hindustan Times Mumbai
|October 13, 2025
NEW DELHI: Official records from the Bihar Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) have revealed that out of 366,742 names deleted from the draft electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), 9,968 were removed without citing death, relocation, or duplication as the reason.
Among the rest, 62,441 were marked as deceased, 212,999 as having shifted residence, and 81,334 as repeated entries, people familiar with the matter said.
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