The names of more than 6.5 million people who were removed off Bihar’s draft electoral rolls have been made public on the websites of the state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and district magistrates, as ordered by the Supreme Court. These websites now have links that take people to the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) voters’ service portal, voters.eci.gov.in. There, people can look for names by their EPIC number or by choosing their assembly constituency and booth.
The Supreme Court told the ECI on August 14 to make the names of the deleted voters and the reasons for their exclusion public to make things more clear. This is what they did. The bench, which included Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, told the ECI to publish the report by August 19 and send a report of compliance by August 22.
Details can be found on the portal.
When visitors go to the portal, a message in Hindi says, “List of voters whose names were in the Bihar Voter List until 2025 but are not on the Draft Roll as of 01.08.2025.”
Another remark on the site says that Booth Level Officers (BLOs) prepared the list with help from political party agents and other officials. It includes voters for whom “counting forms have not been received.” It further says that “people who are unhappy can send in their claim along with a copy of their Aadhaar card.”
You can download the searchable PDF files, which have a few important fields in Hindi:
Number in a row
Number of EPIC
Name of the person who voted
Type of relationship and name of relative
Old part number and serial number
Age and sex
Why it wasn’t included (as of August 1, 2025)
By Sunday night, all of Bihar’s district magistrates’ websites had posted the lists, making the information available to everyone.
Instructions from the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court made it clear in its temporary order that posting these full lists is necessary to make sure that everything is clear and that citizens have a chance to ask for changes. The court also told the ECI that Aadhaar cards were a legitimate form of identification for claims and objections.
The court also told the ECI to spread the word about the deletions through a wide range of media, such as newspapers, TV, and social media. So yet, the ECI has not put out any ads about the publishing of these listings.