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Bihar Election 2025: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday published the final voter list of poll-bound Bihar after concluding the controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. The data suggests that while the Magadh region witnessed the highest voter addition rate, the Seemanchal region recorded the highest voter deletion rate. The final list published by the poll body contains the names of 7.42 crore voters, 47 lakh less than the 7.89 crore names before the SIR process. While criticising the process, the opposition parties claimed that the poll body tried to delete the voters of marginalised section; however, the EC stated that the revision was not unconstitutional and was necessary for transparent elections.

Magadh witnesses the highest voter addition rate

- The data suggests that the seven districts of Magadh recorded an average voter increase of 2.6 per cent.

- The capital city Patna recorded the highest voter addition (3.4 per cent), almost 1.6 lakh new voters.

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- Mahagathbandhan managed to win 30 out of the 47 seats, while the ruling NDA could only win 17 seats in the 2020 assembly election.

- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held multiple rallies in the region to boost the ruling alliance's performance in these seven districts.

Seemanchal witnesses the highest deletion rate

- Four districts of the Seemanchal region—Kishanganj, Purnea, Katihar, and Araria—witnessed the highest voter deletion rate at 7.7 per cent.

- Kishanganj witnessed the deletion rate at 9.69 per cent, followed by Purnia (8.41 per cent), Katihar (7.12 per cent), and Araria (5.6 per cent).

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- While the deletion rate was highest in the region, the voter addition stood at 2.4 per cent, close to the state's overall addition.

The Election Commission is likely to announce the schedule for the upcoming elections next week as the tenure of the Assembly in Bihar is nearing its end. The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), along with other Election Commissioners, is set to visit Patna on October 4 and 5 to take stock of preparations.