PATNA: Bihar will have a total electorate of 7.4 crore when state assembly elections are held, according to the final electoral roll published on Tuesday by the Election Commission of India . Overall, the voter count has dropped by 6%. The final number of voters arrived at after completion of the special intensive revision (SIR) has fallen by about 47 lakh from the 7.9 crore it was on June 24, before the exercise. But it has 17.9 lakh more voters compared to the draft roll, which had 7.2 crore on Aug 1 after 65 lakh names were deleted, show details issued by EC. The release of the rolls kicked off the drill for announcement of poll dates. EC had indicated CEC Gyanesh Kumar and his two colleagues would visit Bihar before announcement of dates, around Oct 5-6.

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