Documents of 98.2% electors received in Bihar, says Election Commission of India

“As per information received from the office of CEO Bihar, till date documents of 98.2 per cent electors have been received,” the Commission said in its statement. It added that “there are still eight days to go till 1 September with just 1.8 per cent electors remaining for submission of the documents. The exercise to collect their documents with the help of BLOs and volunteers is going on.”

The SIR in Bihar began on June 24 with the enumeration phase and publication of the draft electoral rolls on August 1. The claims and objections period will end on September 1. According to ECI, 7.24 crore electors are listed in the draft rolls. The Commission said that from June 24 to August 24, documents from 98.2 per cent electors have been collected, averaging about 1.64 per cent per day.

Verification of documents is being done by 243 Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and 2,976 Assistant EROs. All claims and objections, along with verification, are scheduled to be decided by September 25. The final electoral rolls will be published on September 30.