‘Voter Purge Tipped Bihar Results’: Kerala Congress

• Kerala Congress alleges mass voter deletions aided NDA sweep in Bihar polls
• Claims Special Intensive Revision removed genuine voters, not illegal immigrants
• Party terms the exercise a “wholesale purge” that could undermine democracy
• Chirag Paswan rejects allegations, says opposition avoiding self-reflection

GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 15th Nov: Kerala Congress has accused the Election Commission of enabling a large-scale “voter purge” during the Bihar Assembly elections held on November 14, alleging that mass deletions from electoral rolls significantly influenced the NDA’s landslide victory.

The party claimed that out of the 202 seats secured by the NDA, 128 were in constituencies where substantial numbers of genuine voters’ names were removed under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists. The SIR was originally meant to identify illegal immigrants, but Kerala Congress alleged the process was “misused to strike off legitimate names”, particularly those belonging to vulnerable and economically weaker communities.

BIHAR RIGGING | 128 seats out of the 202 won by the NDA came purely from SIR-based voter deletions.

We analysed the voter deletion data published by the ECI as ordered by the Supreme Court and compared it with the victory margins in each constituency. The pattern is… pic.twitter.com/HiLjWjkWyZ

— Congress Kerala (@INCKerala) November 15, 2025

Analysing Election Commission data, the party said the deletions showed a pattern that disproportionately favoured the NDA. In a detailed social media post, Kerala Congress pointed out that the Commission’s dataset did not identify a single illegal immigrant, raising questions about the rationale behind the wide-scale removals. The party warned that such practices could “undermine the democratic process” if left unchecked.

Union Minister Chirag Paswan rejected the allegations outright, calling them an attempt by the opposition to “hunt for excuses”. “If they had spent half the effort improving themselves, parties like Congress and RJD would have done much better,” he said.

The Bihar Assembly elections delivered a sweeping mandate for the NDA, which won 202 of the 243 seats. The BJP emerged as the largest party with 89 seats, closely followed by the JD(U) with 85. Smaller NDA partners also made notable gains.

The opposition Mahagathbandhan, led by the RJD and Congress, suffered a major setback. The RJD managed 25 seats, Congress won six, AIMIM secured five, and BSP one. Smaller Left parties registered minor successes. High-profile entrant Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj failed to open its account despite running an extensive statewide campaign.