At least 47 lakh voters in Bihar were excluded from the final electoral roll published by the Election Commission on Tuesday after it conducted a special intensive revision of the list.

Concerns had been raised that the revision process could disenfranchise many voters.

The list is available on the poll panel’s website , where voters can either search for their names or download Assembly segment-wise rolls.

This came ahead of Assembly elections expected to be held in October or November.

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.

The draft rolls were published on August 1 and kept open for “clai

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