Zero Political Objections Filed on Bihar Draft Voter List

Last Updated Aug - 04 - 2025, 06:03 PM | Source : Fela news

Election Commission reveals no political party has lodged any objection to Bihar’s draft electoral rolls within first 24 hours, even amid allegations of duplica

Zero Political Objections

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has confirmed that in the first 24 hours after publication of Bihar’s draft electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), no political party has officially filed a single objection. This comes despite widespread media attention and claims by the opposition especially RJD that dozens of duplicate or questionable voter entries were made in constituencies like Digha, Patna.

For context, the ECI published draft rolls covering 90,712 polling booths across all 243 assembly constituencies on August 1, allowing parties the window from August 1‑3 PM to August 2‑3 PM to raise concerns. Yet the panel reports that zero claims or objections were recorded in that period.

The opposition, notably RJD, had flagged multiple names registered at the same notional addresses, like “House No. 107” and “109” inside block‑level campuses near Patna airport. However, the ECI explained that these were temporary placeholders used by booth officers where official house numbers were missing implemented to avoid excluding voters in newly built areas.

The absence of objections does not necessarily signal consensus. CPI(ML) claims it did email the EC pointing out errors registering some living voters as deceased and VIP has raised similar concerns. Still, the ECI maintains no formal objection was received from any political party’s appointed agents within the first 24 hours. With the claims-and-objections window extended until September 1, voters and parties still have time to protest entries or suggest corrections. The controversy has intensified political debate ahead of Bihar’s upcoming assembly polls. Though formal objection filings remain at zero for now scrutiny is far from over.