India, Nov. 24 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified 1.10 million voters across the city whose names appear in the draft voters' list under multiple wards. Such entries account for 10.6% of the 10.34 million voters in the draft list for the upcoming BMC poll, published by the civic body on November 20.

Officials from the State Election Commission (SEC) said the high number of voters with duplicate entries was due to the high floating population in the city and the lack of a special summary revision this year. Booth-level officers (BLOs) are visiting such voters and asking them where they intend to vote to prevent bogus voting, SEC officials said.

The SEC had, last month, directed local government bodies across t...