Chandigarh, Feb. 9 -- Ahead of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls scheduled in March, the UT administration has detected over 9,300 irregular entries, including around 5,400 deceased and nearly 3,900 duplicate voters, while mapping data using the 2002 electoral rolls. The administration has completed 62.5% of the exercise to ensure up-to-date electoral rolls by removing all ineligible voters and the process will conclude by the end of this month, shared deputy commissioner and district election officer Nishant Kumar Yadav. Chandigarh has approximately 6.4 lakh registered voters, while the estimated population of the city is around 13.64 lakh. Officials said the current exercise is aimed at aligning voter data with ground realities to improve the accuracy and credibility of the electoral rolls. The SIR carried out in 2002 has been taken as the base for the current exercise. Voters whose names appeared in the 2002 rolls and who later registered again in Chandigarh are being subjected to special scrutiny to detect duplicate or bogus entries. Officials noted that Chandigarh's population had changed significantly over the past two decades due to large-scale migration for employment and education. While many families moved out of the city, a large number of people from other states settled here, contributing to inaccuracies in voter records. The UT administration said the revised electoral rolls will be used for the municipal corporation (MC) elections scheduled for December this year. Under the recent delimitation process, seven wards have been reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates, of which three will be reserved for SC women. The specific wards will be finalised through a draw of lots, likely in April, after approval from the Election Commission. The total number of wards will remain unchanged at 35....