Bengaluru, 2 October

More than 43.43 lakh notices have been delivered to electors so far as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) stated on Friday. 

As of 2 October, the State had 4,49,81,740 electors on the electoral roll, comprising 2.23 crore male, 2.26 crore female and 2,864 transgender electors, the CEO's office said in a statement.

"A total of 43,82,306 notices have been generated across the state. Out of the notices generated, 43,43,137 notices have been delivered, while 39,169 notices are yet to be delivered, resulting in an overall delivery percentage of 99.11 per cent," the CEO's office said.

Of the notices delivered, 35,60,833 hearings, or 81.99 per cent, have been completed, while 7,82,304 are pending, it said.

The statement also said that of the 84,900 Form 7 applications received between 16 June and 1 October, none was filed as an objection to the proposed inclusion of a name.

Karnataka CEO V Anbukkumar on Thursday had directed election officials to initiate action against applicants found to have knowingly made false statements or declarations in electoral forms, following Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and his party colleagues’ sit in protest outside the Election Commission office over alleged bulk filing of Form 7 applications.

At the request of registered and recognised political parties, lists of people issued notices under the 'No Mapping' and 'Anomalies' categories have been published on the CEO's website.

The CEO’s office also said that the EC had received 8,85,952 Form 6 applications, 4,648 Form 6A applications and 11,78,028 Form 8 applications between 16 June and 1 October. 

According to data shared by the Chief Electoral Officer's office, it received between June 16 and October 1, taking the total number of forms received to 21,53,528.

The CEO's office also clarified that several electors may find their names in different parts of the draft electoral roll from where they were registered earlier because of rationalisation of polling stations and re-serialisation of electors.