Punjab's final roll logs 1.36 mn deletions, total voter count at 20.1 mn
Chandigarh, Oct. 13 -- Names of around 1.36 million electors have been deleted in Punjab after the completion of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the assembly poll-bound state, where the total number of electors now stood at 20.1 million, chief electoral officer (CEO) Anindita Mitra said on Monday.
The SIR exercise - conducted in two phases from June 25 across the border state - ended on Monday with publication of the final electoral roll, which comprises 10.3 million male, 9.72 million female and 506 third gender electors.
The final electoral roll shrunk by 6.3% from the 21.4 million voters at the start of the controversial exercise, with Election Commission officials attributing the reduction in the electorate fr...
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