Ludhiana, Aug. 5 -- The month-long house-to-house enumeration exercise under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has concluded in Ludhiana, with election officials verifying 84.5% of the district's 26.84 lakh registered voters. More than 4.16 lakh electoral entries have been marked in the absent/shifted/dead/duplicate (ASDD) category for deletion or further scrutiny, placing the district at the top of the state chart. Ludhiana is followed by Amritsar, which has reported 2,42,751 ASDD electors, and Jalandhar, with 1,84,997 such entries.

Besides, Ludhiana's verified figure (84.5%) lags behind Kapurthala (87.1%), Amritsar (87.8%) and Jalandhar (88.68%). Mansa is leading the state with 96.28% completion of the SIR process, followed by Maler...