Karnataka CEO says no voter deleted solely due to bulk Form 7 submissions

NewsIndia NewsKarnataka CEO says no voter deleted solely due to bulk Form 7 submissions Karnataka CEO says no voter deleted solely due to bulk Form 7 submissions Edited by Rohitashwa Ranjan / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Oct 27, 2026, 23:08 IST NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief electoral officer V Anbu Kumar on Tuesday said that no voter had been deleted from the draft electoral roll solely due to the bulk submission of Form 7, asserting that every deletion was carried out after due verification.Speaking to reporters, Kumar thanked political parties for extending support during the exercise."I am grateful to all the political parties and the representatives and the booth agents for such great support.

I am grateful to the voters of Karnataka also. They have filled the enumeration forms and submitted them back; when the notices are served, they answer all the notices.... 4 crore, 55 lakh and 11 voters are there," the Karnataka CEO said."The issue was only Form 7, and not even a single voter name has been deleted from the draft roll, only because of submission of Form 7 in bulk.

Every deletion happened after due verification," he added.This comes after the Election Commission published Karnataka's final electoral roll following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).Join conversation InsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig Development According to data from the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), the state's electorate declined from 5.54 crore before the exercise to around 4.55 crore.

The final roll comprises 2.26 crore male electors, 2.29 crore female electors and 2,841 third-gender electors. The roll also includes 6.83 lakh young electors in the 18-19 age group and 3.92 lakh electors aged 85 years and above.The final electorate represents a decline of approximately 17.92% from the pre-revision count.

The draft electoral roll, published on August 24, recorded 4.46 crore general electors, marking a reduction of 1.08 crore from the 5.54 crore electors recorded before the revision exercise. Get the latest India News and Live updates.

Download the TOI app. Rohitashwa Ranjan is a digital journalist with The Times of India, where he decodes Indian politics as a carefully staged production with scripts, subtext and everything behind. His stories track elections, party dynamics and the things that often are buried beneath the headlines.

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