NEW DELHI, July 14: Forms (EFs) of 83.66 per cent of the 7.89 crore Bihar voters have already been collected with 11 more days left for the last date of submission of filled forms under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll, the Election Commission of India said on Monday.
After two rounds of door-to-door visits by the Booth Level Officers, out of the 7.89 crore electors in Bihar EFs of 6.60 crore voters have already been collected, said an official statement.
So far, 1.59 per cent electors have been found deceased, 2.2 per cent have permanently shifted and 0.73 per cent persons were found to be enrolled at more than one place, it said.
Therefore, 88.18 per cent of electors have either already submitted their EF or died or retained their names at one place or permanently shifted out of their previous place of residence.Only 11.82 per cent of electors now have to submit their filled EFs and many of them have sought time to submit their Enumeration Forms with documents in the coming days. Nearly 1 lakh BLOs will soon begin their third round of door-to-door visits. (PTI)
