New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- More than 10.56 lakh names have been removed from Assam's electoral rolls after a Special Revision exercise, just months ahead of the state Assembly elections. Assam is expected to go to the polls in less than six months.

According to the integrated draft rolls released by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday, the state now has 2,51,09,754 registered voters. This figure does not include 93,021 D-voters, also known as doubtful voters.

The ECI said officials deleted 10,56,291 entries from the rolls due to death, migration, or duplication of voter records.

Election officials carried out the deletions as part of a Special Revision aimed at cleaning up the electoral database. The process focused on removi...