New Delhi: The Election Commission claimed on July 18 that over 36 lakh electors ‘were not found at their addresses’ so far, in its controversial special intensive revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls.In its latest release on the the project that the poll body has undertaken with mere months to go before the November assembly elections in the state, it said that 94.68% electors – 7,48,59,631 people – were “covered” by the exercise.The draft electoral rolls will be published on August 1, after which political parties and electors will get a month to point out corrections and for inclusion of names.The EC’s note today struck a persuasive note. It said: “In accordance with the SIR order (page 2, para 7) dated June 24, 2025, a full one month will be given to political parties and public to point out requirement of any correction, or propose inclusion of any leftout names. For this, printed and digital copies of the draft Electoral Roll will be given to the recognised political parties free of cost and will be posted on the ECI website for the public. Therefore, the public may remain assured that no eligible elector will be left out.” Three days ago, on July 14, the EC’s note had said that 35,69,435 names were set to be left out from the electoral rolls in Bihar. The number has now risen by 1,17,536 to 36,86,971.The EC also claims that 12,71, 414 electors are ‘probably deceased.’ This is up from the 12,55,620 on July 14.‘Probably permanently shifted electors’ are at 18,16,306 – up from 17,37,336.Electors enrolled at multiple places are numbered at 5,92,273 – up from 5,76,479.Untraceable electors, according to the EC are 6,978.The EC claims to have received 7,11,72,660 (90.12%) of enumeration forms and has digitised 6,85,34,743 (86.79%).It claims that it is yet to receive 41,10,213 or 5.2% of enumeration forms.Various commentators have cast doubts on the figures claimed by the EC. A report by The Wire highlighted how the numbers hit a surreal peak on July, a day on which the ECI claimed it collected 1.18 crore forms in 24 hours. That is a rate of over 8,200 forms per minute, or 137 forms collected every second, for an entire day.Petitions challenging the sudden SIR by the EC are being heard by the Supreme Court, which has sought an answer from the poll body by July 28.The EC has made a list of 11 documents that voters can furnish for the exercise, choosing to keep out the Aadhaar, which it had asked to be linked to the voter ID card years ago and also, incredibly, its own voter ID card.