Karnataka’s final electoral roll published on Tuesday lists 4.55 crore voters, nearly 99.32 lakh fewer than the electorate recorded before the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), state Chief Electoral Officer V Anbukkumar said.
The state’s electorate has fallen from 5,54,32,314 before the revision to 4,55,00,011 in the final roll.
The revised list comprises 2,25,83,107 male voters, 2,29,14,063 female voters and 2,841 third-gender electors, according to the chief electoral officer’s office. More than 6.83 lakh voters are aged 18-19, while 3,92,134 are aged 85 and above. The roll also includes 3,252 non-resident Indian voters.
Anbukkumar said the Election Commission had scheduled the revision from 30 June to 27 October. The draft electoral roll was published on 24 August, followed by the processing of applications, notices, inquiries and hearings before the final list was released.
The draft roll had listed 4,46,80,151 electors. Since 16 June, 8,19,714 electors have been added to the roll, he said.
Between 16 June and 26 October, authorities received approximately 26.23 lakh applications, including 10,62,336 Form 6 applications for inclusion, 4,872 Form 6A applications, 2,29,235 Form 7 applications for deletion and around 13.27 lakh Form 8 applications for corrections and other changes.
Of these applications, around 20.64 lakh were accepted, 3.03 lakh rejected and 2.55 lakh remained pending, according to the chief electoral officer. All but around 4,000 applications were submitted online.
Anbukkumar said 10,08,038 electors were added and 1,88,324 deleted following the disposal of claims and objections and the completion of prescribed procedures. A further 8,96,519 modifications were made to the draft roll.
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