Bihar Gets Over 12,000 New Polling Stations In Major Voter Roll Overhaul
Bihar adds 12,817 new polling stations, raising the total to 90,712 under Election Commission's special revision drive. Over 41 lakh voters found missing or deceased in verification.
Patna, Jul 20 (PTI) The Bihar government said that more than 12,000 new polling stations have been created in the state as per the recommendation of the Election Commission, as part of special intensive revision (SIR).
According to a release issued by the election department on Saturday, the total number of polling stations has risen to 90,712 from 77,895, after the establishment of 12,817 new ones.
Of these, 12,479 polling stations have been set up "at the same building or premises housing the existing ones", while the remaining ones are "in the vicinity".
A "district-wise list" of the newly formed polling stations has been shared with the registered political parties.
Notably, in the notification dated June 25 whereby SIR was ordered, the EC had asked Election Registration Officers to assess "need for new polling stations, considering that no polling station has more 1,200 electors, except with the prior approval of the Commission".
Meanwhile, with six days left for the July 25 deadline, the EC has claimed to have covered "95.92 per cent" of the voters as part of SIR.
Besides, of the 7.9 crore registered voters, the number of those "not found at their address", including those who have died, has reached 41.64 lakh.
(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)
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