India, Dec. 27 -- Over one million names have been identified for deletion after the Special Revision (SR) of the electoral roll in Assam following house-to-house verification, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Saturday.

SR was held due to the revision of the National Register of Citizens, which is incomplete, in Assam, unlike the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in other states. Assam is due to go to the polls early next year.

Officials said 4,78,992 names have been identified for deletion due to deaths, 5,23,680 due to shifting, and 53,619 due to multiple entries, totalling 105,6291.

The SR was carried between November 22 and December 20, with January 1 as the qualifying date. The ECI said Assam has a total of 25.11 mill...