47.7 lakh names deleted as Delhi's draft electoral roll released

The Election Commission of India on Monday published the draft electoral roll for Delhi following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. According to the data, 47.7 lakh names out of Delhi's 1.45 crore voters were excluded from the draft list. The draft roll includes around 97.5 lakh electors, while the remaining voters' forms were categorised as "uncollectable" under different categories.