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Dharwad: A total of 13,53,946 voters figure in the draft electoral rolls across seven assembly constituencies in Dharwad district as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls-2026. The final voters’ list will be published on Oct 27 as per the revised schedule, additional deputy commissioner Geetha said Friday. She said booth-level officers (BLOs) conducted house-to-house visits from June 30 to Aug 17 to distribute enumeration forms and collect filled-in forms, in accordance with Election Commission of India instructions and the revised schedule issued by the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka. The draft rolls, published on Aug 24, have 6,75,857 male voters, 6,78,023 female voters and 66 voters in the other category, taking the total to 13,53,946. Hubballi-Dharwad West has the highest number of voters at 2,17,195, followed by Hubballi-Dharwad Central with 2,04,314, Dharwad 1,93,578, Navalgund 1,93,334, Kalghatgi 1,86,766, Hubballi-Dharwad East 1,81,334 and Kundgol 1,77,425. Following approval by the Election Commission, 1,707 polling stations have been identified across the district. The district has 14,316 young voters aged 18-19, including 7,868 males and 6,448 females. As of Oct 16, 47,978 notices had been prepared and issued across the seven constituencies.
Eligible voters can submit applications for enrolment, corrections and objections through the prescribed forms, she said. The process of serving notices on voters concerned and conducting hearings is under way, Geetha said. Geetha urged young voters to check whether their names were included in the electoral rolls.