The Election Commission on Sunday published the names of 65 lakh voters removed from the draft electoral rolls in Bihar during the special revision exercise.

The list is available on the website of the Bihar chief electoral officer.

The Supreme Court on August 14 directed the poll body to publish a district-wise list of the voters whose names were deleted from the draft list along with the reason for each deletion such as death, migration or double registration.

Sharing the list as well as the reasons for deletions will improve “voter confidence” in the institution, the Supreme Court had said.

The draft roll published on August 1 showed that 65.6 lakh names were removed from the list. Of these, 22 lakh were due to deaths, 36 lakh were of people who had permanently shifted or were untraceable and seven lakh were duplicate entries, the Election Commission had said then.

Bihar voter roll revision

The revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar was announced by the Election Commission on June 24.

As part of the exercise, persons whose names were not on the 2003 voter list needed to submit proof of eligibility to vote.

Voters born before July 1, 1987, were required to show proof of their date and place of birth, while those born between July 1, 1987, and December 2, 2004, had to also submit documents establishing the date and place of birth of one of their parents.

Those born after December 2, 2004, needed proof of date of birth for themselves and both parents.

The draft voter list, published on August 1, comprises electors who submitted their enumeration forms to the poll panel between June 24 and July 26.

They will now have to produce proof of citizenship to make it to the final list that will be published on September 30.

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