The Election Commission on Monday released the final electoral roll for Tamil Nadu in which 74.07 lakh names of voters have been deleted under various categories, leaving the number of electors in the southern state at 5.67 crore.Addressing a press conference in Chennai, Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik said before the SIR exercise, the state’s electorate stood at 6.41 crore. While 97.37 lakh names of voters were deleted during the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, 74.07 lakh names have been deleted in the final list after the revision, leaving the number of electors in the southern state at 5.67 crore as on today.However, Tamil Nadu has seen a rise of 4.28 per cent in the number of voters as compared to the draft list. The draft list is the preliminary voter list published during the SIR. At this stage, citizens can raise objections, request corrections and file claims for inclusion. After all claims and objections are resolved, the final electoral roll is published.As per the final list, there are 5,67,07,380 voters in Tamil Nadu, 23,30,624 more than the 5,43,76,756 voters in the draft list, which had come out on December 19, thus showing an increase of 4.28 per cent in total voters’ tally. The Assembly polls in the state are due in April this year.Tamil Nadu has joined states like Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Gujarat and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar, which have witnessed a rise in the number of voters after the final electoral lists were released last week, marking the completion of the SIR there.Only Goa has seen a dip in the number of voters by 27,000 after its final voters’ list was released last week.West Bengal’s final voters’ list is expected to be released on February 27, which according to rough estimates, is likely to witness heavy deletions amid several postponements in its SIR schedule. SIR 2.0 was held in nine states and three union territories.