Delhi's draft electoral roll, published on Monday, excludes 47.7 lakh of the city's 1.45 crore electors, according to officials. The deletion figure represents about 33 per cent of the electorate, the highest percentage at the draft stage among all states and Union Territories where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has been carried out, as reported by Business Today and India Today.

The draft roll includes around 97.5 lakh electors whose enumeration forms were received and digitised during the house-to-house SIR exercise, which began on June 30 and ended on August 17. The remaining 47.7 lakh voters were classified as "uncollectable" under the Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate and Others (ASDDO) categories and therefore do not appear in the draft list.

A poll official attributed the high number of deletions to Delhi's large floating population, saying, "Delhi being the national capital, has a large number of floating population which could be the reason for high number of deletions." The deletion figure is also among the highest in absolute numbers compared with other states and territories where the revision has been undertaken.

Voters who do not find their names in the draft roll can apply for inclusion. Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ashok Kumar said such voters can file claims through Form 6, along with supporting documents, by September 30. The Election Commission will examine the claims and objections, with the notice and disposal process continuing until October 29. The final electoral roll is scheduled to be published on November 4.

The digitisation of enumeration forms varied widely across Delhi's 70 Assembly constituencies, with Rohini in northwest Delhi recording the highest rate at 83.43 per cent and Tughlakabad in southeast Delhi the lowest at 52.15 per cent.