In Karnataka, the draft electoral roll has excluded 10.8 million names, representing 19.5% of the total electors. This significant deletion follows the completion of the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Only Telangana, with a 21.6% removal rate, has experienced a higher percentage of omissions among major states during this draft stage.
Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru , Karnataka chief electoral officer (CEO) V Anbukkumar said the state had 55,432,314 electors in the pre-SIR electoral rolls as on June 16, 2026, and a total of 44,635,975 electors have submitted their enumeration forms and are included in the draft roll. Of those included, 22,159,240 are male, 22,473,864 female and 2,871 electors under the ‘other’ category, he added. Following the completion of the enumeration phase (June 30 to August 17), the CEO said, 10,796,339 electors (or 19.48%) have been dropped from the list after booth level officers (BLOs) marked them as Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate, and Others (ASDDO). Anbukkumar said notices will be issued to 4,381,335 (9.82%) electors, whose forms had anomalies. The second stage — claims and objections phase — started on Monday and will conclude on September 23.
