{"id":12928,"date":"2026-08-16T09:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T09:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12928"},"modified":"2026-08-16T09:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T09:02:45","slug":"bihar-recorded-higher-turnout-than-us-uk-france-in-assembly-polls-after-sir-cec-gyanesh-kumar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12928","title":{"rendered":"Bihar recorded higher turnout than US, UK, France in assembly polls after SIR: CEC Gyanesh Kumar"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Bihar\u2019s 67.25% assembly poll turnout topped US, UK, France after SIR: CEC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday said the \u201csuccessful\u201d Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar last year helped increase voter turnout in the assembly elections that followed.Speaking to reporters at Patna airport, Kumar, who is on a two-day visit to Bihar, said the voter turnout in the 2025 assembly polls was higher than that in countries such as the US, UK and France.\u201cBihar is the land where Vaishali, the cradle of democracy, is situated. We take pride in the fact that the SIR was conducted here successfully for the first time,\u201d Kumar said.The CEC said the three-month SIR exercise led to around 70 lakh names being removed from the electoral rolls. He said voter turnout rose sharply in the assembly elections held soon after the exercise.\u201cAs you all know, men and women came out in large numbers to vote and the turnout broke all records in the state. It may be noted that the voter turnout in Bihar assembly polls was higher than what has been seen, over the years, in major democracies like the US, the UK, France, Spain and Japan,\u201d the CEC added.<\/p>\n

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