India, Oct. 16 -- Booth-level officers (BLOs) in Delhi have been directed to carry out a reverification of over 47 lakh voters whose names were removed from the draft electoral rolls, to ensure that no eligible voter is left out in the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ashok Kumar said on Friday.

The draft rolls for the national capital, published on August 31, shaved off a third of voters, listing 9.75 million (97.5 lakh) names, down from 14.5 million (1.45 crore) as of the June 30 roll.

Among the six metro cities - Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad - Delhi's 32.8% deletions at the draft stage were the second lowest.

"During the enumeration exercise, boot...