The survey covered 10 Bihar Assembly constituencies. Its findings were also presented at a public hearing in Patna on October 1st, where many people deleted despite continuing to live in Bihar shared their experiences and exposed blatant violations by the Election Commission, which is making a mockery of the Constitution, the law and the spirit of justice.
The threat is no longer limited to the vote alone. Aadhaar, ration cards and other civil rights of citizens are also under threat. The voter ID card is a document of identity in our country, and the Election Commission has pushed citizens into a crisis of identity in their own land, where genuine voters must struggle for their very basic citizenship rights.
Evidently, the SIR is an entirely biased process, carried out to influence election results in favour of the ruling party. This is not a minor irregularity, but outright vote theft perpetrated through the Election Commission and the Chief Election Commissioner. When the SIR began in Bihar in the name of cleaning and making the rolls accurate, the CPI(ML) opposed it strongly and ran a mass campaign across the state, the Voter Adhikar Yatra, because it was clear even then that the exercise only meant to steal people’s right to vote in broad daylight.
The CPI(ML) conducted a door to door survey among people whose names were deleted from the rolls in 10 Assembly constituencies. The survey, which revealed shocking figures and exposed the false claims of the Election Commission and the Chief Election Commissioner about a clean and impartial electoral roll, was conducted in two phases, in June 2026 and September 2026, and covered 13,759 voters across 102 polling booths.
SIR Deletions: The survey found 36 voters who had been removed on the grounds that they were dead, but are alive and present at their homes. Of 9,288 voters deleted during the SIR across 50 polling booths in the 10 constituencies, 1,550 people, or approximately 16.7%, were found at their addresses. Deleted unlawfully, they no longer exist on the electoral rolls.
Pre-SIR Deletions: Names deleted before the SIR (between January 2024 and June 2025) were also surveyed. Of 1,964 voters across 24 polling booths, 351 were found present at their addresses, another 18% of wrongful deletions.
Pre-SIR Additions: Names added between January 2021 and June 2025 were surveyed as a separate category. Of 2,507 voters across 28 polling booths, approximately 22% were absent from their addresses. This raises serious questions about the transparency and verification of the process of adding and deleting names.
Constituency wise Findings
Bhore: Of 1,111 deleted names across five polling booths, 233 were present at their homes, i.e., approximately 21%. Under pre-SIR deletion, 73 of 303 voters across four polling booths were present, approximately 24%. Under pre-SIR addition, 100 of 310 voters across three polling booths were absent, approximately 32%.
Ziradei: Under SIR deletion, 122 of 665 voters across four polling booths were present. Under pre-SIR deletion, 15 of 189 voters across two polling booths were present. Under pre-SIR addition, 48 of 231 voters across three polling booths were absent.
Darauli: Of 1,253 voters deleted across seven polling booths, 216 were present but missing from the rolls. Under pre-SIR deletion, 15 of 237 voters across two polling booths were present. Under pre-SIR addition, 102 of 339 voters across three polling booths were absent.
Paliganj: Under SIR deletion, 111 of 782 voters across four polling booths were present. Under pre-SIR deletion, 30 of 182 voters across two polling booths were present. Under pre-SIR addition, 48 of 144 voters across two polling booths were absent.
Ara: Of 1,356 voters deleted under SIR across five polling booths, 160 were present. Under pre-SIR deletion, 3 of 148 voters were present. Under pre-SIR addition, 51 of 513 voters were absent.
Agiaon: Under SIR deletion, 77 of 735 voters across four polling booths were present. Under pre-SIR deletion, 46 of 204 voters across three polling booths were present. Under pre-SIR addition, 29 of 209 voters across three polling booths were not found at their addresses.
Tarari: Of 878 voters examined under SIR deletion across four polling booths, 183 were found at their homes with names missing from the rolls. Under pre-SIR deletion, 54 of 241 voters across four polling booths were present. Under pre-SIR addition, 3 of 122 voters across two polling booths were absent.
Dumraon: Under SIR deletion, 151 of 697 voters across four polling booths were present, with names removed from the rolls. Under pre-SIR deletion, 42 of 94 voters across two polling booths were present, approximately 45%. Under pre-SIR addition, 69 of 172 voters across two polling booths were absent, approximately 40%.
Arwal: Under SIR deletion, 173 of 785 voters across six polling booths were present, approximately 22%. Under pre-SIR deletion, 11 of 125 voters across two polling booths were present, approximately 9%. Under pre-SIR addition, 27 of 191 voters across two polling booths were absent, approximately 14%.
Ghosi: Under SIR deletion, 124 of 1,026 voters across five polling booths were present, approximately 12%. Under pre-SIR deletion, 62 of 241 voters across two polling booths were present, approximately 26%. Under pre-SIR addition, 71 of 276 voters across three polling booths were absent, approximately 26%.
It is important to note that all these figures relate to just 102 polling booths in only 10 Assembly Constituencies. If the same proportion is applied to the 65 lakh names deleted in Bihar, approximately 14 lakh votes would be found to have been deleted unlawfully. Elections were conducted in Bihar after depriving such a large number of voters of their fundamental right to vote.
