Karnataka's final voter list out, nearly 1 crore names deleted after SIR

Karnataka's final electoral roll, published on Tuesday after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), shows a drop of 99.32 lakh voters, bringing the state's electorate down to 4.55 crore.

In Short

• Final electoral roll shows 4.55 crore voters, down from 5.54 crore
• 10.08 lakh new voters added, 1.88 lakh removed during claims period
• SIR began in Karnataka on June 30, involved detailed voter verification

Karnataka's electoral roll has shrunk by nearly one crore voters following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with the final list published on Tuesday showing 4.55 crore electors in the state, the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office said.

The state had 5,54,32,314 registered voters (5.54 crore) before the revision. The number has now fallen to 4,55,00,011 (4.55 crore), marking a reduction of 99.32 lakh electors, news agency PTI reported.

The final roll comprises 2,25,40,493 male voters (2.25 crore), 2,29,12,355 female voters (2.29 crore) and 2,841 third-gender electors, the CEO's office said. The list also includes more than 6.83 lakh voters in the 18-19 age group.

You can check your names in the final list by clicking here.

During the claims and objections period, which ran from August 24 to September 23, 10,08,038 new voters (10.08 lakh) were added to the electoral roll, while 1,88,324 names (1.88 lakh) were deleted. A further 8,96,519 entries (8.96 lakh) were modified through corrections. The processing and disposal of applications continued until October 22.

Among the 1.88 lakh deletions, 1,24,327 voters (1.24 lakh) were removed after being identified as permanently shifted, while 61,960 (0.62 lakh) were deleted under the 'Others' category, including ineligible cases identified during hearings. The remaining deletions included 1,091 (0.11 lakh) deceased voters, 762 (0.08 lakh) duplicate entries and 184 (0.02 lakh) absentee voters.

Of the 10.08 lakh additions, 8,77,104 (8.77 lakh) were made through Form 6, 2,312 through Form 6A and 1,28,622 (1.29 lakh) through Form 8 for shifting-related additions.

ABOUT SIR EXERCISE IN KARNATAKA

On June 30, the SIR exercise was launched in Karnataka, covering 5.54 crore registered voters across the state. The exercise, the first of its kind in Karnataka since 2002, involved Booth Level Officers (BLOs) visiting households to collect enumeration forms and verify voter details.

When the draft roll was released on August 24, the electorate stood at 4.46 crore. As many as 1.08 crore names had been left out and classified under the Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate and Others (ASDDO) category.

The next stage involved inviting claims and objections and verifying voters whose records were either unmapped with the previous electoral roll or flagged for logical discrepancies.

The Election Commission identified 43.81 lakh such voters and issued notices asking them to establish their eligibility. The verification and hearing process concluded on October 22, paving the way for the final list to be published today.

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(with inputs from PTI)