The Hindu·3 min read·medium
SIR helped Bihar achieve record poll turnout, says CEC Gyanesh Kumar
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Amit Bhelari
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Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar visited Bihar to highlight the success of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. He credited the initiative with purifying voter lists and contributing to record-breaking voter turnout in the state's recent assembly elections.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday (August 16, 2026) said that the ‘successful’ conduct of Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar last year helped to increase the voter turnout in the State Assembly election that followed.
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