73.73 lakh voters deleted as ECI released draft electoral roll for Gujarat following SIR

The Election Commission (ECI) on Friday released a list of 4.34 crore voters in the Gujarat draft electoral rolls after completing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in the state.

Names of 73.73 lakh voters in the the state were omitted due to various reasons in draft electoral rolls, PTI reported quoting an official.

"4.34 crore voters found valid in Gujarat as per draft electoral rolls published after SIR against 5.08 crore voters registered earlier," the official told PTI.

The SIR exercise began in Gujarat on November 4 with booth level officers (BLO) distributing enumeration forms in their designated areas.

The ECI also released the draft voter list for Tamil Nadu where 5.43 crore of 6.41 crore electors submitted forms.