India, Aug. 31 -- With only two days remaining for filing of objections/claims in the ongoing second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar, around 1.33 million first- time voters have applied for registration, meaning the number of final electors may go higher than 72.4 million enlisted in the draft roll released last month.

Similarly, the list of excluded voters may also swell beyond 6.5 million with the Election Commission serving notices to more than 300,000 electors allegedly found filing "dubious" details or "inadequate credentials for citizenship".

The final draft of rolls revised through SIR will be published on September 30.

As per data shared by the ECI, a total of 1.33 million applications were recei...