SIR in Karnataka
Chitradurga : The district administration has published the final electoral roll following the special intensive revision (SIR), listing 13,17,025 voters, with women outnumbering men by 6,517. Additional deputy commissioner BT Kumaraswamy told a news conference on Tuesday that the roll comprised 6,55,220 men, 6,61,737 women and 68 voters in the other category. The gender ratio was 1,010 women per 1,000 men. Registered voters constituted about 70.3% of the district’s estimated population of 18,71,543. The roll included 26,228 voters aged 18-19, 11,394 aged above 85, 23,774 people with disabilities, 360 service voters and nine non-resident Indian voters. The electoral roll published on June 16, 2026, based on the 2002 SIR, had 14,40,534 voters. Booth-level officers subsequently mapped 14,04,219 voters, achieving 97.4% coverage, and digitised enumeration forms for 12,97,789 voters. During the exercise, 1,42,745 voters were identified as absent, shifted or dead, or under other categories. They included 30,854 deceased voters, 70,525 permanently shifted voters, 21,537 duplicate entries, 18,837 absent voters and 992 other cases. The draft roll published on Aug 24 contained 12,97,789 voters. Kumaraswamy said enrolment was continuous and eligible citizens could apply through Form 6. The qualifying dates for enrolment in 2027 will be Jan 1, April 1, July 1 and Oct 1.
Because of deaths, permanent shifting and duplicate entries, during the claims and objections period, 22,751 eligible voters were added, while 3,515 names were deleted under Form 7.