Election Commission of India officials on Saturday (November 15, 2025) said three lakh voters were added to Bihar's electoral roll after the publication of final list post the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) .

They were responding to a social media post by Congress, which pointed out that while the ECI's statement announcing the schedule for the Bihar assembly polls had put the number of voters at 7.42 crore, in subsequent releases the number climbed to 7.45 crore.

The officials said the figure of 7.42 crore voters mentioned in the October 6 statement was based on the final electoral roll published on September 30 after the SIR.

Citing election rules, they pointed out that any eligible citizen can apply to have their name added to the electoral roll until 10 days before the last dat

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