Raipur, Feb. 21 -- The Election Commission of India on Saturday published the final electoral roll in Chhattisgarh after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state.

According to the official press release, the revision was conducted with January 1 as the qualifying date, and a total of 1,87,30,914 voters were registered in the state through the process.

The release said that compared to the draft electoral roll, there has been a net increase of 2,34,994 voters in the final list. During the exercise, 27,196 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) carried out door-to-door verification, distributed enumeration forms and completed voter mapping and verification work.

As per the directions of the Election Commission of...