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Bengaluru rolls show nearly as many suspect voters as 2024 turnout
The number of Bengaluru voters marked Absent, Shifted, Duplicate, Dead and Others (ASDDO) is nearly as large as the 2024 Lok Sabha turnout in three Urban constituencies. In Bengaluru South, 50.5% of…
The Story in Brief
The number of Bengaluru voters marked Absent, Shifted, Duplicate, Dead and Others (ASDDO) is nearly as large as the 2024 Lok Sabha turnout in three Urban constituencies. In Bengaluru South, 50.5% of the current electorate is under ASDDO, while only 53.34% voted two years ago. Across all three seats, 42.39 lakh electors now remain outside ASDDO, fewer than the 43.18 lakh votes cast in 2024.
Officials told The Hindu the high ASDDO numbers reflect suspected duplicate voters, many with IDs in other states. But the official did not explain how duplicate voters are identified without classifying them as duplicates. Voters under ASDDO face deletion unless they prove the categorisation wrong.
The Indian Opinion
The Electoral Commission must clarify how it identifies 'shifted' voters without calling them duplicates. If the data is sound, Bengaluru South now has fewer clean voters than votes cast in 2024, a statistical impossibility that demands explanation, not spin. The real test: how many of these 42.39 lakh people successfully prove they belong on the roll before the final list is published.
Source: thehindu.com
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