India, July 14 -- At least 35 lakh names are set to be excluded from the list of electors in Bihar when the draft electoral rolls are published, as per details collected so far, the Election Commission (EC) has said.

With 11 days of the exercise remaining, the commission said 88.18% of the 7.89 crore names on the earlier list have been covered in the enumeration, as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list ahead of the Bihar assembly elections due in October-November.

The EC's move regarding the revision of the electoral list has seen intense criticism from the opposition, and has landed in the Supreme Court too. The assembly elections are scheduled to be held later this year.

"Only 11.82 per cent of electors now ...