Bihar's Electoral Surprise: What Lies Behind the High Voter Turnout?
The recent assembly elections in Bihar have yielded a remarkable statistic the state recorded a higher voter turnout than several prominent democracies, including the US, UK, and France.
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar attributes this success to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which removed approximately 70 lakh names from the voter list in a three month exercise.