India, Dec. 19 -- Over 73.7 lakh voters have been deleted from Gujarat's draft electoral roll released on Friday after the Special Intensive Revision. The names were removed for several reasons, including migration, death and duplication.

According to data provided by the Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer, 51.86 lakh voters were removed from the draft list as they had migrated or were found to be absent.

Over 18.07 lakh voters were deleted from the draft list on account of death, while 3.81 lakh were removed for being enrolled in multiple places.

The data also stated that enumeration forms were collected from 4.34 crore voters, accounting for 85.50 per cent of the total electorate in the state.

The office said the claims and objections ...