With the countdown to the Bihar assembly elections underway, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, along with two other election commissioners, will be in the state on a two-day visit to review preparations before the official announcement of poll dates.

The visit comes just days after the Election Commission published the final electoral roll for Bihar, revealing that the state will go to the polls with 7.42 crore registered voters—a notable drop of nearly 47 lakh compared to the 7.89 crore electors listed before the start of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in June.

During the revision, nearly 65 lakh names were removed, which the EC said was largely due to duplication, deaths, and unverified migration. This brought the draft list, released on August 1, down to 7.24 cr

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