India, April 11 -- Uttar Pradesh's electorate expanded by 8.43 million between the draft roll in January and the final numbers released on Friday, the highest among the 13 states and Union Territories where the special intensive revision (SIR) has concluded.

India's most-populous state completed the controversial process with 13.2% deletions, second only to Gujarat, which saw 13.4% deletions. The state's total electorate stood at 133.98 million, 20.45 million fewer than on October 27, when the rolls were frozen for SIR.

The controversial process stretched across 157 days and an unprecedented four extensions, marking the longest time taken for SIR to be completed in a region. In contrast, West Bengal received one extension, while Kerala ...