No claims or objections on Bihar draft voter list in first 24 hours: EC

The Election Commission of India has said that not a single claim or objection was filed within the first 24 hours of publication of the draft electoral roll in Bihar by any of the 1.6 lakh booth level agents (BLAs) deployed by a several political parties across the state's 90,712 booths.

The EC added that it had received 3,223 applications between 3 pm on August 1 and 3 pm on August 2 for fresh enrolment of electors turning 18 years on the cutoff dates July 1 and October 1, 2025. Each one of them has submitted their Form 6 with the mandatory declaration, the polling agency said.

EC, in an exercise aimed at 100% transparency, issued the first of its daily reports on Saturday on the partywise claims and objections received from BLAs and resolved by the electoral registration officer or assistant ERO.


As per rules, claims and objections are to be disposed of after the expiry of seven days.

The update lists 'zero' claims and objections filed 3 pm on August 1 and 3pm on August 2, by the BLAs appointed by RJD, Congress, CPM, AAP, BSP, National People's Party, BJP, JD(U), CPI (ML) (Liberation), LJP (Ram Vilas), Rashtriya LJP and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party.

"No BLA of any political party has submitted a single case to BLOs during the last 24 hours. This, despite all BLAs having agreed to go through the boothwise draft lists given to them on August 1, carefully," said the commission.

On Friday, district election officers of Bihar's 38 districts had shared the draft electoral roll for all 90,712 polling booths with the political parties. It furher provided them the list of electors who were there in the roll as on June 24, 2025, but are not in the draft electoral roll published Friday.

On Saturday, RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav claimed his name was not in the roll. The claim turned out to be incorrect as a copy of the draft roll for the relevant booth in Digha assembly constituency lists not only Tejashwi as entry no. 416, but also his wife Rajshree as entry no. 445. The party has

Tejashwi had earlier, while objecting to the non-inclusion of Aadhaar in list of documentation accepted under SIR, voiced the fear that his wife, who only has Aadhaar, may not be on the roll.

EC is meanwhile issuing advertisements in print, TV and social media to create awareness among the electors of Bihar regarding the option of filing claims and objections.

It will also set up special camps in all block-cum-office circles and urban local body offices, from 10 am to 5 pm on all days till September 1.

Any elector of Bihar can check his name in the draft electoral roll by filling his EPIC number directly on the EC voters' portal and can also file claims and objections.