Karnataka loses nearly 1 crore voters after SIR
Karnataka has concluded a Special Intensive Revision of its voter rolls, resulting in the removal of nearly 1 crore voters. The majority of these removals were categorized as permanently shifted, dead, or duplicate entries.
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The significant reduction in the electorate impacts political representation and election planning in India's major states.
BENGALURU: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Karnataka concluded on October 27, with the state losing about 99.76 lakh voters from its original electorate of 5.5 crore, bringing the total electorate to 4,54,55,689 (or 4.54 crore).About 86.56 lakh of these voters are in the 20-29 age group, while the number of new voters stands at 6.83 lakh.As of June 16, when the rolls were frozen for the SIR process, the state had about 5.5 crore voters. However, during the subsequent enumeration phase, which resulted in the August 24 draft list, about 19.48% or 1.08 crore voters were removed after being categorised as ASDDO (Absent, shifted, dead, duplicate and others).The largest chunk of voters removed from the draft list were those classified as 'permanently shifted'.
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