# 1.08 crore Karnataka, 73.3 lakh Telangana voters flagged in SIR 2026-08-18T01:46:41+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets (5 source reports) Nearly one in five voters in Karnataka has been marked as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDDO) during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, data from the chief electoral officer showed. Of the 5.54 crore electors enumerated between June 30 and August 17, 1.08 crore (19.54%) were classified under ASDDO categories. The Times of India reports that Bengaluru Urban recorded the highest proportion at 42.9%, with Bangalore South touching 49.6% and Bangalore North and Central at 45.3% and 45.8% respectively. In contrast, Bangalore Rural recorded only 12.8%. In Telangana, 73.3 lakh electors (21.7% of the electorate) were removed from the draft rolls published on August 17. The Times of India notes that 45.1 lakh of these were classified as permanently shifted, and the Greater Hyderabad region accounted for 43 lakh of the total deletions. In Delhi, Hindustan Times reports that 32.82% of 1.45 crore electors face deletion risk, with only 67.18% of forms digitised by the August 17 deadline. Tughlakabad constituency fared worst with just 52.14% digitisation. Across all three states, the claims and objections period will allow voters left out at the draft stage to seek inclusion by submitting Form 6. Karnataka's draft roll will be published on August 24, and the claims period runs until October 22. Telangana's runs from August 17 to September 16. An official told The Times of India that the ASDDO marking does not mean automatic deletion, and entries will undergo verification. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2) - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (3) - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (4) - hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 5 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 5 sources. Last updated 2026-08-18T03:21:52+00:00. Tags: Bengaluru, Election Commission of India, Hyderabad, Karnataka, Telangana Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bengaluru-hyderabad-lose-20-voters-in-election-commission-roll-cleanup/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bengaluru-hyderabad-lose-20-voters-in-election-commission-roll-cleanup/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/