By Admin 
The Supreme Court on Tuesday told the Election Commission that the complete information of the voters who were excluded during special intensive revision in Bihar should be made available by October 9. The Supreme Court bench of Justice Suryakant and Justice Joymalaya Bagchi was hearing the petitions challenging the election list of Bihar. The court has postponed the hearing till 9 October.
What did the Election Commission say during the hearing?
During the hearing, the Election Commission told the court that so far any excluded voter has not filed a complaint or appeal. The Commission was directed to provide a list of 3.66 lakh such voters who were excluded from the recently prepared voter list.
Number of voters excluded
On 30 September, the Election Commission released the final voter list for Bihar. There were a total of 47 lakh names in this which were included in the list before the SIR process started, but they were removed after revision. Out of these, 3.66 lakh names were removed after additional examination, who were found to be unqualified for voting.
47 lakh voters less in Bihar’s last voter list
According to the Election Commission, the total number of voters in Bihar’s final voter list released on 30 September was 7.42 crore, which was 7.89 crore before SIR. That is, a total of 47 lakh voters have been reduced in the list, but if you compare it to the draft list released on August 1, then the situation is different. 65 lakh names were removed in that draft, including cases of death, transfer or duplication. A total of 21.53 lakh new voters were added to the final list and 3.66 lakh names were removed. This means that 17.87 lakh voters have increased compared to the draft list.