New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- The Enumeration Forms for 7.24 crore electors were collected out of about eight crore forms distributed and downloaded during the Enumeration Phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Bihar, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said in a press release on Friday.

Giving the reasoning behind the gap between the forms distributed and collected, the ECI stated, "BLO did not find these electors or did not get back their Enumeration Forms because they: Became electors in other States/UTs, or were not found in existence, or did not submit the form till 25 July, or were not willing to register as an elector for some reason or other (Para iv of Enumeration Form at Page 17 of SIR order refers)."

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