New Delhi, Feb. 23 -- The Election Commission on Monday published the final electoral roll for Tamil Nadu following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The poll-bound state now has 5,67,07,380 . Around 74 lakh voters were deleted through the SIR exercise.

Before the SIR exercise began, the number of voters in Tamil Nadu was 6.41 crore. The electorate has now dropped to 5.67 crore, as per the final list. This means 74 lakh names have been removed from the list in the poll-bound state.

The District Election Officers released the numbers in their respective districts. Later, Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik held a press conference in the afternoon in Chennai.

Following an order of the Supreme Court of India, the Election Commissi...