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More than 2.43 lakh names have been deleted from Assam’s final electoral roll for 2026 following a Special Revision (SR) exercise conducted by the Election Commission of India ahead of the state Assembly elections, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday, stating that the move was aimed at cleaning up the voters’ list by removing “doubtful voters”, including names of deceased persons, duplicate entries, voters who have permanently shifted residence, and those who could not be verified during door-to-door checks by booth-level officers; Sarma said the deletions were based on objec