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

Bihar’s 67.25% assembly poll turnout topped US, UK, France after SIR: CECNEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday said the “successful” Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar last year helped increase voter turnout in the assembly elections that followed.Speaking to rep