Karnataka SIR: Deletions in Bengaluru disproportionately high, 12 seats cross 10-times winning margin mark
Bommanahalli Assembly constituency has recorded the highest deletions during the draft stage; constituencies with high deletions are also seeing a large number of notices being issued
At least 12 of Bengaluru's 28 Assembly constituencies have seen deletions from the draft electoral roll exceed 10 times the winning margin in the 2023 Assembly election. This includes Bommanahalli, where 54% of voters were deleted, with the winning margin being 24,215 votes. Dasarahalli, with a 9,194 vote margin, saw 52% of electors deleted, and C.V.
Raman Nagar, with a 16,395 vote margin, experienced 8.5 times that number of deletions. These constituencies also reported a high number of notices issued to voters, with over 80,840 people receiving notices in C.V. Raman Nagar alone. The pattern of deletions suggests that a significant majority of these voters were marked as shifted or absent. The deletion rate in Bengaluru is 45%, nearly three times higher than the rest of Karnataka.
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