Karnataka SIR: 43.8 lakh voters to get notices from August 24

Karnataka will issue notices to 43.8 lakh voters from August 24 to October 22 as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Draft electoral rolls will be published on August 24, followed by a disposal of objections and claims phase until October 22. Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka, mapped 5.54 crore voters for SIR, with 1.07 crore marked under Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate, and Other (ASDDO) category and will not be part of the draft electoral roll.

Among the remaining 4.46 crore voters, 20.35 lakh are classified as Electors with Anomalies, while 23.45 lakh are under No Mapping category. They will receive notices during the next phase. Notices will be served to voters with anomalies, logical discrepancies, or those not present during the last SIR. Over half of the notices will be for voters from four electoral districts, including Bengaluru Urban.

Some constituencies, such as CV Raman Nagar, KR Puram, Bangalore South, and Shantinagar, will have more than 50% of voters receiving notices. Govindarajanagar will have the lowest percentage of voters receiving notices, at 29.17%. The high number of notices is expected to further reduce Bengaluru's electoral rolls.