Amaravati, July 31 -- Nearly 45 lakh voters have been deleted from the roll in Andhra Pradesh as the Election Commission of India published the draft voter list on Friday, following Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

Deleted names include 22.30 lakh who had permanently shifted or were found absent. Names of as many as 15.22 lakh deceased have also been deleted, while 7.37 lakh voters were found enrolled at multiple places.

According to Chief Electoral Officer Vivek Yadav, enumeration forms were collected from 3.71 crore electors (89.22 per cent).

Booth Level Officers (BLOs) did not find remaining electors (44.89 lakh) or did not get back their enumeration forms because they became electors in other states/UTs, or were not found in exist...