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An investigation report by the Anti-SIR Alliance and the Citizens’ Vote Protection Committee has flagged what it describes as large-scale deletions and discrepancies in Karnataka’s electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
The report, based on electoral-roll data, a survey of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and ground verification across 100 polling booths in 25 districts, says Karnataka’s electorate fell from 5,52,49,719 voters in 2025 to 4,44,53,380 in the draft roll — a reduction of about 19.5%.
The organisations have raised questions over the scale of the deletions, particularly the large number of voters categorised as “Shifted” and “Absent”.
According to the report, 65,45,679 voters were classified as “Shifted”, 16,39,864 as “Dead”, 15,17,042 as “Absent”, 7,09,870 as “Duplicate” and 3,83,884 under “Others”.
The report says the “Shifted” category warrants particular scrutiny, arguing that people who move for employment or change rented accommodation should have an opportunity to transfer their registration rather than being removed from the rolls.
The committee also points to the difficulties faced by migrant workers who may not be present at home when BLOs conduct verification.
The report found that some eligible voters did not receive enumeration forms and that several voters were unaware that their names had been removed from the draft roll. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J
The Citizens’ Vote Protection Committee said its house-to-house verification found instances where voters living at their registered addresses had allegedly been marked as “Shifted” or “Absent”. It also claimed that some living voters had been recorded under the “Dead” category.
The report found that some eligible voters did not receive enumeration forms and that several voters were unaware that their names had been removed from the draft roll.
The organisations have acknowledged that their survey covered only a small proportion of Karnataka’s polling booths and called for wider verification.
An investigation report by the Anti-SIR Alliance and the Citizens’ Vote Protection Committee has flagged what it describes as large-scale deletions and discrepancies in Karnataka’s electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).