SIR: With 1.10 crore voters under ASDDO, Karnataka to see one of the highest draft-stage deletions
Karnataka is facing a significant electoral roll cleanup, with nearly 20% of its voters marked under the ASDDO (Absent, Shifted, Duplicate, Dead, and Others) category. Officials are accelerating the digitization of enumeration forms, though the high rate of ASDDO flagging suggests a massive reduction in the state's voter base.
Why it matters
The integrity of electoral rolls is fundamental to democratic processes, and such large-scale deletions could have significant implications for future election outcomes in Karnataka.
With more than 1.10 crore voters — one-fifth of the State’s total electoral roll — marked under the Absent, Shifted, Duplicate, Dead and Others (ASDDO) category as on August 3, Karnataka is likely to record one of the highest draft-stage electoral roll deletions in the country. The ASDDO category currently covers 19.95% of Karnataka’s voters .
Karnataka has already crossed the highest draft-stage deletions recorded in Uttar Pradesh (19.09%) and Arunachal Pradesh (18.7%), where the exercise concluded in April. In West Bengal, the rolls shrunk by 12% due to logical discrepancies, while remaining cases are still under adjudication. Even among Phase III States, Karnataka’s ASDDO is significantly higher than Haryana (16.3%) and Andhra Pradesh (10.78%).
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