Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 23 -- Over 24.08 lakh electors were deleted from the voter lists in Kerala as the Election Commission of India (ECI) published the draft electoral roll on Tuesday after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state.

According to the Election Commission, out of 2,78,50,855 electors, 2,54,42,352 electors have submitted their Enumeration Forms.

The ECI attributed the deletion of names to people becoming electors in other States and Union Territories, to electors not found in existence, to electors who did not submit the form by December 18, and to electors who were unwilling to register for some reason.

According to the poll body, deleted names include 6,49,885 (2.33 per cent) deceased vocters, 14,61,...