Bihar Electoral Roll Special Intensive Revision 2025
Why in the news
The ECI launched a door-to-door clean-up of Bihar’s voter lists before the 2025 Assembly polls. Critics feared paperwork hurdles could shut out poor and marginalised voters.
Key facts
- SIR: house-to-house verification to update the electoral rolls.
- Reasons: urbanisation, migration, more young voters, unreported deaths and the risk of foreign or illegal entries.
- Aims: accurate, transparent, inclusive rolls, covering the elderly, PwDs and the poor.
| Provision | Role |
|---|---|
| Article 324 | ECI supervises elections |
| Article 326 | Voter eligibility: citizen, 18+, ordinarily resident, not disqualified |
| RP Act 1950, s.21 | Revision of rolls |
| s.16 | Disqualification |
| s.23 | Document verification |
| s.24 | Appeal to DM and CEO |
Exam angle
- Match each provision to its role using the table.
- Previous revision 2003; qualifying date now 01.07.2025.