India, Feb. 6 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has struck off more than 1.66 crore names from the electoral roll in the annual revision carried out ahead of the Lok Sabha polls to be held later this year, the poll watchdog informed Supreme Court.

At the same time, more than 2.68 crore new voters were added taking the total number of eligible voters in the general elections to nearly 97 crore.

The revision of roll was conducted across the country barring six states of Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Mizoram and Telangana.

The figures were shared by the Election Commission through an affidavit on February 2 in the Supreme Court which is hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Samvidhan Bachao Trust se...