Bhopal, Dec. 23 -- Over 8.6 lakh voters in Madhya Pradesh have been marked as 'unmapped' by the Election Commission in the state, as their names exist in the latest 2024 electoral list, but not in the 2003 list used as a reference point for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

The electors have been included in the draft SIR list released on Tuesday, and they will receive notices to present their relevant documents to the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) or Assistant EROs, who will determine the voter's claim of being included in the list.

While the Election Commission in the state has deleted 42,74,160 voters, or 7.45 per cent of the total electors from the list, 8,65,831 voters marked as 'unmapped' have been included in the list,...