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EC extends Karnataka voter revision deadline to August 17
Karnataka's CEO identifies 19.81% of electors as absent or shifted before the August 17 deadline. Bengaluru Urban leads with 44% ASDDO cases.
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The Election Commission of India has pushed back the deadline for the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Karnataka, with the enumeration phase now set to wrap up on August 17. The draft voter list will be published on August 24, according to ANI. Electors can file claims and objections from August 24 through September 23, with the notice phase for disposing of those claims running until October 22. The final rolls are due on October 27.
Karnataka's Chief Electoral Officer said 1,09,83,901 electors–19.81% of the state's 5,54,32,314 total–were classified as absent, shifted, duplicate, dead or other (ASDDO). As of 4 p.m. Friday, 15,90,165 electors (2.87%) were listed as absent or untraceable, while 66,14,954 (11.93%) had permanently shifted. Another 16,34,326 (2.95%) were reported dead, 6,96,536 (1.26%) were already enrolled, and 4,47,920 (0.81%) fell under the 'others' category.
Bengaluru Urban recorded the highest ASDDO count at 17,74,626, equal to 44.13% of its 40,21,039 electors before the revision. Within the city, BBMP South had 10,87,829 ASDDO cases, representing 50.72% of its 21,44,784 electors.