Bihar Voter List Revision Starts 12 November: Check Your Name Before the 11 December Deadline

Bihar's voter list is about to be revised again, and the window opens tomorrow. The Election Commission will conduct a Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral rolls in Bihar from 12 November to 11 December 2026, with a special focus on enrolling persons with disabilities, eligible young voters and citizens whose names are missing from the list. ThePrint, carrying a PTI report from 4 November, says the announcement came from the office of the state's Chief Electoral Officer, and the qualifying date for the revision will be 1 January 2027.

The schedule was announced at a meeting of the State Steering Committee on Accessible Elections, chaired by Additional Chief Electoral Officer Madhav Kumar Singh, which reviewed measures to improve participation of persons with disabilities in the electoral process and facilities for them on polling day, according to the same report. Deputy Chief Electoral Officer Poonam Kumari said eligible persons with disabilities could enrol through both online and offline modes, and that the revision will give special attention to eligible citizens who are yet to be enrolled.

If your name is missing, or your details are wrong, the forms are straightforward. ThePrint reports that Form 6 is used for inclusion of names, Form 7 for deletion, and Form 8 for shifting of residence, correction of electoral roll entries, replacement of voter ID cards and marking voters as persons with disabilities. The meeting also reviewed facilities available through the Voter Service Portal, helpline number 1950, the Saksham App and the ECINet App, which are the official channels for these services.

Bihar is part of a much wider revision across the country. The Tribune reported on 5 November that the Election Commission has announced the Special Summary Revision in six more states and Union Territories, including Chandigarh, beginning on 20 November, with the final voters' list scheduled to be published on 21 January 2027. The six are Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Mizoram, Odisha and Sikkim. Under that schedule, the integrated draft electoral rolls will be published on 30 November 2026, claims and objections can be filed from 30 November to 30 December 2026, and they will be disposed of by 16 January 2027.

These six join 17 states and Union Territories for which the poll body announced the SSR schedule last month, taking the total to 23. The Tribune reports that the SSR in those 17 states and Union Territories, which include Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal, began on 2 November 2026, with the final voters' list scheduled for publication on 4 January 2027. The revision is held in states and Union Territories where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has been completed.

The SSR is an annual exercise. The Tribune notes it is normally held on the November-January schedule to enrol eligible electors and new voters with reference to the qualifying date of 1 January, while also inviting advance applications for the three subsequent qualifying dates of 1 April, 1 July and 1 October. It was last held during the November 2024-January 2025 cycle and was not conducted during the November 2025-January 2026 period because the SIR was under way. If you turn 18 by 1 January 2027, or your name is missing from the list, use this window to apply with Form 6, and if you already have a voter ID, our guide explains how to download your voter ID card.