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Karnataka SIR flags 49 lakh Bengaluru voters, 12.5% in Belagavi
Nearly 49.42 lakh of Bengaluru’s 1.03 crore voters were marked under the Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate or Other category during Karnataka’s electoral roll revision, LiveMint reports. Bommanahalli recorded the highest share at…
The Story in Brief
Nearly 49.42 lakh of Bengaluru’s 1.03 crore voters were marked under the Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate or Other category during Karnataka’s electoral roll revision, LiveMint reports. Bommanahalli recorded the highest share at 57.08%. These voters are not automatically deleted and can file claims and objections.
In Belagavi, 35,89,825 forms had been digitised from 41,07,000 distributed, leaving about 12.5% of voters outside the exercise, The Hindu reports. The Election Commission extended house-to-house verification until August 8. The draft roll will be published on August 17, with claims and objections accepted until September 16. The final roll is due on October 19.
The Indian Opinion
The loudest claims that Karnataka is either deleting half its voters or conducting a routine paperwork exercise both miss the point. ASDDO marking is a screening category, not a final deletion, but the scale in Bengaluru demands careful scrutiny. The Belagavi figures also show that many forms remain unresolved. The real test is how many flagged names are restored after hearings, and whether every voter can access that process before October 19.
Sources (2): thehindu.com, livemint.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
