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12.5% Belagavi voters not digitised before Karnataka SIR deadline
About 12.5% of voters in Karnataka’s Belagavi district were left out of the electoral roll digitisation exercise as the Special Intensive Revision deadline approached on August 8, 2026. The district has 41.07…
The Story in Brief
About 12.5% of voters in Karnataka’s Belagavi district were left out of the electoral roll digitisation exercise as the Special Intensive Revision deadline approached on August 8, 2026. The district has 41.07 lakh voters across 18 Assembly constituencies. Of 41,07,000 enumeration forms distributed, 35,89,825 had been digitised, while 4,455 returned forms were pending digitisation. Another 5.13 lakh voters were marked under the Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate and Others category.
The Hindu reports that Arabavi had the highest share left out at 15.2%, followed by Gokak at 15% and Kudchi at 14.48%. Activists sought more time, saying many voters were still unclear about the process and required documents. District Electoral Officer Mohammad Roshan said political parties had received the ASDDO list and urged voters and Booth Level Agents to file objections. The final roll will follow scrutiny of objections.
The Indian Opinion
Claims that every name in the ASDDO category represents a deletion would be as careless as dismissing all omissions as harmless paperwork. The process must distinguish genuine duplicates or deaths from voters wrongly marked absent or shifted. Political parties and voters now have a clear job: check the lists and record objections before publication. The final voter roll, and the number of corrected entries, will show whether scrutiny worked.
Source: thehindu.com
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