India, Nov. 6 -- The Election Commission (EC) has given nearly 4.52 crore voters whose names were omitted from the draft electoral rolls in seven states another opportunity to seek re-inclusion, following questions raised by the Supreme Court over the procedure adopted during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

The decision allows voters categorised as Absent, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate (ASDD) to submit their pre-filled enumeration forms, along with a statement explaining why they could not submit the forms earlier.

According to the EC, a total of 4,51,76,997 voters were deleted from the draft electoral rolls across Maharashtra, Telangana, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Haryana and Nagaland. The final electoral rolls for these sta...