2019 Lok Sabha election: Why are 400,000 women missing from the voter list?

Due to this deletion, only three per cent of the service electorate are women now. Their share was nearly 30 per cent in the regular scheme of things till 2017

About 400,000 women working in the armed forces and security organisations, who went missing from the voter list in 2018, are missing from the electoral rolls of 2019 as well, the Election Commission (EC) data shows. 

They were a part of the 1.7-million strong service electorate in India, which comprises nearly 0.2 per cent in the overall electorate of 898 million.  Due to this omission, only 3 per cent of the service electorate comprises women. Their share was nearly 30 per cent in the regular scheme of things till 2017, revealed the data. 

Service electors are security personnel working in the armed