CEC Gyanesh Kumar Says Bihar’s SIR Found No Appeal

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Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar says over 7.5 crore voters and 1.6 lakh booth-level agents participated in Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision—an exercise he calls one of the cleanest in recent years.

By TRH Political Desk

New Delhi, November 14, 2025 — Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has described Bihar’s just-concluded voter-roll purification exercise as one of the most transparent and participatory revisions conducted by the Election Commission, emphasising that not a single appeal was filed against the updated list.

Speaking to Akashwani, Kumar said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)—a large-scale correction and verification campaign—achieved unprecedented citizen and political-party participation.
“More than 7.5 crore voters took part in the purification of Bihar’s electoral roll. Booth-level officers, booth-level agents, and representatives of all 12 political parties—about 1.6 lakh BLOs and BLAs—were involved at the ground level,” he said.

Kumar stressed that the absence of complaints or appeals from voters or political parties during the SIR was a strong indicator of the list’s integrity.
“No voter filed an appeal. No political party registered an objection. This validates the accuracy of the electoral roll prepared during the SIR,” he noted.

What Is Bihar’s SIR?

The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is a targeted, large-scale update of the electoral roll undertaken in states where the Election Commission detects unusually high discrepancies—such as duplicate entries, mismatched addresses, deceased voters remaining on the list, or unusually high additions ahead of elections.

In Bihar, concerns had emerged over:

large numbers of suspected duplicate voters,
outdated residential records due to migration,
inconsistencies across booth-level lists, and
political allegations of inflated or manipulated rolls.

The EC launched SIR as a corrective mechanism ahead of the state assembly elections, deploying:

door-to-door verification by Booth Level Officers,
cross-checking by party-appointed Booth Level Agents,
digital authentication tools, and
special camps for voter claims and objections.

The exercise was one of the largest the Election Commission has conducted in any state in recent years.

With the SIR now complete—and certified by the CEC as dispute-free—the updated roll will form the basis of all electoral processes in the next five years, unless a fresh revision is ordered.

The Commission argues that Bihar’s clean and unanimously accepted voter list will strengthen confidence in the electoral outcome, especially in a state where voter-roll controversies have often overshadowed past elections.

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