Chikkamagaluru: In a clean-up of the voters’ list following the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, Chikkamagaluru district has deleted 85,769 names from the electoral rolls across its five assembly constituencies. The exercise brought the total voter count down from 9.60 lakh to 8.74 lakh, according to deputy commissioner Bhanwar Singh Meena.
The district initially had 9,60,231 voters. After verification, 96,715 voters were found ineligible and removed from the draft list. A draft roll of 8,63,516 voters was then published, with time till Sept 23 to file objections and claims. The district received 1,916 objections (Form 7). Separately, notices were issued to 91,610 voters for personal verification. Of them, 89,569 appeared for inquiry. Meena said after Sept 23, another 15,244 new voters were added and 4,298 names were deleted, resulting in a net addition of 10,946 voters in the district. There are 4,29,733 men, 4,44,712 women and 17 third gender voters. The highest number of 30,800 voters was deleted from Chikkamagaluru constituency. In Tarikere, a total of 18,665 voters were removed. While 16,179 voters were removed in Kadur, 11,669 names were removed in Mudigere and 8,456 from Sringeri assembly segment. All names added after Sept 23 will appear in the supplementary list,” he added.
Enumeration forms were distributed to all. “At every stage of SIR, political party representatives were briefed. Voters whose names have been deleted still have an opportunity. There is no deadline to re-apply to the ERO for inclusion.