Bhubaneswar: Around 20.14 lakh voters have been deleted from Odisha's electoral rolls following the month-long door-to-door enumeration conducted under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters' list.

The draft electoral rolls, published on Sunday, show that the total number of electors in the state has come down from 3,33,99,591 before the revision to 3,13,87,034, reflecting the removal of nearly 20 lakh names. The draft roll includes 1.60 crore male and 1.53 crore female voters.

The deletions were made after verification during the enumeration phase. Among those removed, 8.32 lakh voters were found to be deceased, 10.07 lakh had shifted from their registered addresses or were absent during the verification process, and 1.58 lakh were found to have been enrolled at multiple locations. Another 0.14 lakh names were categorised under other reasons.

Chief Electoral Officer S. Gopalan said the draft electoral roll has been shared with all recognised political parties. He said voters whose names are missing from the draft list have been given one month, until August 4, to submit claims and objections through their Booth Level Officer (BLO). Voters can verify their names on the websites of the CEO, Odisha, and the Election Commission of India.

Gopalan said all claims and objections will be settled by September 2, and the final electoral roll will be published on September 6. He also said that around 1.98 lakh new voters have been added to the rolls so far as part of the ongoing revision process.