LUCKNOW, Dec. 12 -- Following a 15-day extension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on Thursday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will re-verify 2.95 crore "uncollectible" voters (approximately 19%) in Uttar Pradesh, officials said.

The focus will be on 1.27 crore (8.22%) voters who have permanently shifted, 46 lakh (3%) deceased, 23.69 lakh (1.5%) duplicate entries, 84.73 lakh (5.5%) untraceable voters, and 9.98 lakh (0.62%) who failed to return enumeration forms after collecting them from booth-level officers (BLOs), they added.

District election officers (DEOs) have been instructed to conduct a fresh verification of all uncollectible voters. They will hold meetings with BLOs and booth-level agents (BLAs)...