Karnataka voter roll drops by nearly 1 crore, Gen Z makes up 20% of electorate
The special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Karnataka resulted in a reduction of 99.76 lakh electors. The final electoral rolls revealed a total of 4.55 crore eligible voters by October 27. Women made up a majority of the electorate, surpassing men by 3.7 lakh. Many electors were marked absent, shifted permanently, or marked as dead and duplicates. The Election Commission processed a net…
The final electoral rolls in Karnataka have shown a significant reduction of nearly 1 crore electors from the pre-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) rolls, with the electorate shrinking from 5.54 crore on June 16 to 4.55 crore on October 27. The gender ratio is now 1,017 women per 1,000 men, with women outnumbering men by 3.7 lakh.
The reduction is primarily due to deletions of 73 lakh electors, including 65.45 lakh who had permanently shifted residence, 19 lakh who were absent, 16.39 lakh who were deemed dead, and 7.09 lakh who were duplicates or already enrolled.
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