India, Sept. 1 -- The national Capital has recorded the highest percentage of deletions in the country during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with nearly one in three voters dropped from the draft electoral rolls issued on Monday. As claims opened for inclusion, 47, 56,722 of the 1,45,10,299 electorate did not find their names in the draft electoral list. Among all states and Union Territories where SIR has been taken up, Delhi has recorded the "highest percentage" of deletions at 33 per cent at the draft stage.

"Delhi, being the national Capital, has a large number of floating population, which could be the reason for high number of deletions," said an Election Commission of India (ECI) official. The potential d...