Successful SIR Led to High Voter Turnout in 2025 Bihar Polls: CEC

Successful SIR led to high voter turnout in 2025 Bihar polls: CEC

The CEC pointed out that following the mammoth exercise, conducted over a three-month period during which around 7 million names were knocked off the electoral rolls, a sharp rise was seen in the voter turnout when assembly polls were held soon afterwards.

SIR helped Bihar achieve record poll turnout, says CEC Gyanesh Kumar

He asserts that the turnout in the Bihar Assembly election in 2025 is the highest recorded since Independence—surpassing the turnout rates of several developed nations such as France, Japan, and Spain

SIR contributed to record Bihar poll turnout, says CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Kumar said that voter turnout in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, was higher than that recorded in developed democracies such as the United States, the United

CEC Gyanesh Kumar Begins Two-day Tour of Bihar; Praises State's Historic Voter Turnout

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. According to a press release, Chief Election Commissioner of India, Gyanesh Kumar, arrived in Patna on Sunday, August 16, 2026, as part of a two-day visit to Bihar. He is accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising Manish Garg (Senior Deputy Election Commissioner), Ashish Goyal (Director General - Media), Seema Khanna (Director General - IT), and other senior officials of the Commission…

2025 Bihar Poll Turnout Higher Than US, UK, France, Spain And Japan: CEC

Gyanesh Kumar says Bihar recorded its highest-ever Assembly election turnout after SIR

Successful SIR in Bihar led to record turnout in 2025 assembly polls: CEC

Patna, Aug 16 (PTI) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday asserted that the “successful” Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar last year had led to a significant rise in voter turnout in the assembly polls that followed. Speaking to reporters at Patna airport, the CEC, who is on a two-day […]