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The new draft electoral rolls have 72.4 million names - 6.5 million fewer than before. (Photo: Getty Image)

New voters list in Bihar includes wrong photos and dead people

Patna, August 11, 2025 (BBC) A few days ago, India’s Election Commission released updated draft electoral rolls for Bihar state, where key elections are scheduled for November, following a month-long revision of the voters’ list. But opposition parties and election charities say the exercise was rushed through – and many voters in Bihar have told

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US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Residence certificate application made for ‘Donald Trump’ in Bihar

Samastipur (Bihar), Aug 6 (PTI) ‘Donald Trump’ is the resident of a village in Samastipur district of Bihar, a prankster wanted the authorities concerned to believe. However, the district administration was clearly not impressed and it has ordered lodging of an FIR so that the mischief monger, posing as the American president, could be tracked

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Booth Level Officer (BLO) verification documents of voters during the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls on July 13, 2025 in Patna, India. (Photo: Getty Image)

Decline in total number of registered voters in Bihar by around 65 lakh: Draft SIR

Patna, Aug 1 (PTI) More than 65 lakh enumeration forms were ‘not included’ in the draft electoral rolls prepared as part of ‘Special Intensive Revision’ (SIR) by the Election Commission in poll-bound Bihar, bringing down the total number of around 7.9 crore registered voters to 7.24 crore. Patna accounted for the highest number of 3.95

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INDIA bloc MPs protest in Parliament complex, in New Delhi, on July 24, 2025, over the issue of SIR (Special Intensive Review) exercise in Bihar. (Photo: ANI)

INDIA bloc MPs protest in Parliament complex against SIR in Bihar

New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) Several MPs of the INDIA bloc parties, including Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, protested in Parliament House complex on Thursday against the Election Commission’s voter roll revision in Bihar and demanded its rollback as well as a discussion on the issue in both houses. Ahead of the start of

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