New Delhi/Ahmedabad, Feb. 18 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday published the final rolls for Gujarat after nearly three-and-a-half months of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, reflecting an overall deletion of 13.4% compared to the voter list before the controversial exercise. On October 27, before SIR began, there were 50.84 million people on Gujarat's electoral roll. This number shrank to 43.47 million in the draft roll published after the enumeration phase on December 19. The final roll published on Tuesday - after the claims and objections phase - had 44.03 million electors. After the draft roll was released, ECI saw 956,121 additions and 395,555 deletions, with the electorate rising by a net 560,566 voters The net addition in the claims and objections phase has not changed the district-wise trend in deletions seen in the draft roll. Urban districts saw more deletions than rural ones. For example, Surat, Ahmedabad, and Vadodara showed the highest percentage of deletions compared to the pre-SIR roll, and Dang, Chota Udepur, and Narmada the least. This was also the case in the draft stage, although Narmada and Chota Udepur have exchanged places. The net deletion in Surat, Ahmedabad, and Vadodara compared to pre-SIR roll stood at 25.3%, 21.5%, and 17.4%, respectively. These numbers were 25.7%, 23.2%, and 18.7% respectively at the draft stage. In Dang, Chota Udepur, and Narmada, the roll contracted by 3.5%, 5.9% and 6.4% respectively compared to pre-SIR levels. The deletions in these districts were 5.5%, 7.8%, and 7.4% respectively at the draft stage. In absolute numbers, Ahmedabad recorded the highest net addition of 105,607 voters, taking its electorate to 4,912,548. Vadodara added 34,890 voters to reach 2,220,095, and Rajkot recorded a net increase of 33,421 voters, taking its total to 2,088,779. Surat added 15,844 voters, with its electorate rising to 3,639,042. Surendranagar was the only district to record a marginal net decline of 99 voters. In south Gujarat, Navsari added 6,887 voters, Valsad 4,698 and Tapi 5,195, while Dang recorded a net increase of 4,092 voters and Botad 10,136....