Hyderabad, Oct. 9 -- More than 74 lakh voters who received Special Intensive Revision (SIR) notices in Telangana have been cleared for inclusion in the final electoral rolls.

As of Thursday, October 8, the number of electors who were found ineligible stood at 12, 969.

Telangana voter count drops

The state had 3,38,26,448 registered electors before the SIR exercise. When the draft electoral rolls were published on August 17, the number stood at 2,64,87,213.

A total of 73,39,235 names were excluded from the draft list under the Absent, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate (ASDD) categories.

Among the electors retained in the draft rolls, approximately 1.72 crore had no anomaly or mapping flags. Another 92,88,187 cases were marked for further ex...