Mangaluru: The final electoral roll of Dakshina Kannada saw an increase of 32,061 voters compared to the draft list. While the draft voters list published on Aug 24 had 16,46,387 names, the final electoral roll published on Tuesday includes 16,78,448 eligible electors. There are 8,23,198 men, 8,55,232 women and 18 third-gender voters in the final voter list.
Deputy commissioner Darshan HV told reporters on Tuesday that 9,064 voters were removed, including 87 dead, 7,627 permanently shifted, six already enrolled and 1,384 were marked as ineligible during the hearing. Names of 40 people having citizenship of other countries have also been removed from the final list. Of the 40 voters with foreign citizenship, 17 were from Nepal, two from the UK, five from Canada, six each from Australia and America, and one each from the Netherlands, South Africa, Ireland and Norway. While the district issued notices to 1,50,131 voters, 1,48,739 were considered eligible for the final list after the hearing process. The final voter list has 25,326 young voters in the age group of 18 to 19, while the draft voter list had only 12,418 young voters. Meanwhile, the final list has 14,086 voters aged above 85 years. The district has 366 NRI voters and 449 service voters, he said. The DC said that none of the objections received through Form 7 or without Form 7 were found valid and no voters were deleted based on such requests in the district. The district received 1,205 requests, including 879 through Form 7, registering objections. As many as 326 objections were filed on a plain sheet of paper without mentioning a name or address.
He said Dakshina Kannada issued the highest number of notices for discrepancies in the state. The DC said that not every objection had a malafide intention. No objections submitted on the letterhead of political parties were accepted, he said, adding that no criminal cases have been filed for submitting malafide objections in the district.
In response to a query, the DC explained that these voters are of Indian origin who acquired citizenship in other countries over time, but their names remained on the voter list. However, none of them were found valid. Final voters list-DK