Lucknow, April 11 -- Uttar Pradesh's electorate grew by over 8.4 million to 133.9 million from the draft stage to final electoral rolls, marking an increase of 6.7%, according to the final voter list published on Friday. This is the highest increase for any state where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise was held.

Among districts, Prayagraj recorded the highest increase in voters at 329,421, followed by Lucknow at 285,961, Bareilly at 257,920, Ghaziabad at 243,666 and Jaunpur at 237,590.

The five top constituencies where the number of voters increased (from the draft stage to the final list) included Sahibabad 82,898, Jaunpur 56,118, Lucknow West 54,822, Loni 53,679 and Firozabad 47,757.

Addressing a press conference, Uttar P...