New Delhi, July 23 -- Election Commission today announced that 98.01 per cent of voters in Bihar have been covered under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
According to an official release issued here, the EC also said that so far as many as 20 lakh deceased voters have been reported, while 28 lakh of them have permanently migrated to other states.
While 7 lakh electors were found to be enrolled in more than one place, 1 lakh of them were marked untraceable, it said.
The poll panel said it has received and digitised 7.17 crore enumeration forms, accounting for 90.89 per cent of the state's voters.
However, 15 lakh forms were not returned.
The EC also said the lists of incorrectly included electors and those who have...