Bihar election voter deletions became a major political issue after the recent Bihar Assembly elections. Nitish Kumar is set to take oath as Chief Minister for the 10th time at Gandhi Maidan in Patna. Voting for all 243 seats took place on 6 and 11 November, and the state recorded its highest turnout ever. A strong 67.13% of voters participated. Women voted in larger numbers with 71.78%, while men recorded 62.98%. This rise in turnout brought fresh attention to Bihar election voter deletions, which many parties claim changed key results.
Opposition parties, especially the RJD and Congress, blamed the Special Intensive Voter Revision (SIR) for their defeat. They alleged that names were removed unfairly from voter lists. Data from the Election Commission showed that the BJP won three of the five seats with the highest number of deletions. JDU won one seat, and Congress secured one.
Gopalganj had the most deletions at 56,793. Purnia followed with 50,767, and Motihari had 49,747. BJP won all three. Kishanganj saw 42,940 deletions and was won by Congress. In contrast, Darbhanga recorded the lowest deletions at 2,859. Smaller deletions in Bettiah, Dehri, Chanpatia, and Mahua showed mixed results across parties.
