India, July 22 -- The Election Commission of India said in a press note on Tuesday that over 52 lakh electors in Bihar were found to be either deceased, permanently shifted, or enrolled at multiple locations, citing preliminary findings from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.

According to the data released by the EC, as of June 24, 2025, Bihar had a total of 7.89 crore electors. Of these, 90.67 per cent (7.16 crore) had submitted their Enumeration Forms (EFs), and 90.37 per cent (7.13 crore) had their forms digitised.

The EC noted that field verification so far had revealed 18.66 lakh deceased electors, 26.01 lakh electors who had permanently shifted to different constituencies, and 7.5 lakh el...