Lucknow, Dec. 13 -- An urban challenge stares Lucknow in the face as data emerging from the ongoing SIR process indicates the percentage of uncollectible voters in the state capital's urban hubs ranges from 30% to 39%, indicating the possibility of the deletion of a sizeable number of voters in these six seats compared to the segments with a large rural population.

The uncollectible category includes permanently shifted, deceased, duplicate and untraceable voters as well as those who have not returned the enumeration forms to booth level officers. In three largely rural constituencies, the uncollectible percentage ranges from 17 to 22. Overall, data shows that 30% of the voters are uncollectible in nine assembly constituencies of Lucknow...