New Delhi, July 27 -- Bihar's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has revealed that approximately 35 lakh electors are either untraced or have permanently migrated from their registered addresses. The findings have raised significant concerns about the integrity of electoral rolls as the Election Commission of India prepares to conduct a nationwide special intensive revision of the electoral roll.

The massive scale of untraced electors in Bihar has prompted questions about what the national SIR might uncover across India's electoral landscape. Political parties accross the spectrum have repeatedly raised issues regarding the purity of the electoral roll, especially the addition of voters in the recently held assembly election.

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