Bihar SIR exercise uncovers 35 lakh untraced voters, raises concern over errors in electoral rolls

Bihar’s special intensive revision (secret) exercise showed that approximately 35 Lakh voters or registered addresses migrated permanently. The findings have created significant concerns about the integrity of election rolls, while the Indian Election Commission was preparing to make a special intensive revision of the election roll throughout the country.

The large scale of non -repeated voters in Bihar asked questions about what the National Sir could reveal in India’s election landscape. Political parties have repeatedly brought up the problems with the purity of the spectrum of the election roller, especially the addition of voters in the recent parliamentary elections.

In Bihar, it is important to point out that many voters of Sir Exercise cannot be traced. Many political analysts questioned the integrity of the country’s election roller and increased concerns about the inclusion of inappropriate people in the election roll.
According to government data until 2017, the estimated 2.04 Crore Bangladesh citizen and Rohingyas lived illegally in India and adds another dimension to concerns about the roller accuracy. As of January 1, 2024, India had 96.88 Crore voters for general elections, which made the potential results of the national revision exercise important.

Despite these comprehensive machines, the inability to monitor such a significant portion of registered voters emphasized potential systemic problems in terms of voter recording.

The Indian Election Commission announced the decision to expand the special intensive revision throughout the country on June 24th and said the Commission has decided to start a special intensive revision in the whole country to fulfill the constitutional task in order to protect the integrity of the integrity of the election roller. ” In accordance with the current secret framework, voters and political parties provide forms stipulated to election registration staff for any appropriate voters left outside between 1 August – 1 September, or an illegal migration problem adds complexity to the election roll management. The Ministry of the Interior estimated that there are about 20 million illegal immigrants in India in 2016, while more than 40,000 Rohingya immigrants are primarily in states such as Jammu and Kashmir, TaLangana, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Rajashan.

The Ministry admitted that the maintenance of the right data about their assets continues to be a difficulty because of the hidden nature of illegal entry without valid travel documents. While the detection and deportation of illegal immigrants is defined as an ongoing process, the potential impact on the scale of difficulty and election integrity continues to be a national concern.