‘System Auto Generated Them’: Karnataka Poll Officials After 61,059 Form 7s Filed without Specific Grounds
Officials auto-generated 61,059 deletion forms and left the reason blank, marking voters ineligible during the Special Intensive Revision, The Hindu reported.
- On Tuesday, October 27, 2026, Karnataka published its final electoral roll following the Special Intensive Revision , recording a decline of nearly 1 crore voters. The state's electorate now stands at 4.55 crore, down from 5.54 crore before the exercise began.
- The SIR aimed to verify voter eligibility by removing dead, duplicate, and shifted voters, resulting in 1.07 crore deletions across Karnataka. Officials noted that 80.62 lakh names were removed because voters had permanently shifted or could not be located at their registered addresses.
- Bengaluru was disproportionately affected, with its electorate shrinking by 43.13% to 59.08 lakh from 1.03 crore. At least 12 of the city's 28 Assembly constituencies saw deletions exceed 10 times the winning margin from the 2023 Assembly election.
- Opposition leaders, including Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, alleged irregularities in Form 7 usage. Karnataka Minister Satish Jarkiholi stated that alleged attempts to delete Congress-supporting voters were foiled through action by party leadership.
- The Supreme Court upheld the exercise's legality in May, though Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar faces ongoing protests over alleged irregularities. Officials maintain the revision process was transparent and that continuous updates to electoral rolls remain under way.
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Satish Jarkiholi issues clarification over SIR comment, says “Meant BJP’s conspiracy to delete Congress-supporting voters foiled”
He said that the intent of his statement was meant to convey that the alleged attempts of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to delete “Congress supporting voters” through Form – 7 (used for requesting deletion of voters) has been foiled with the agitation led by Rahul Gandhi.
SIR Row News | Satish Jarkiholi Clarifies SIR Remark, Says He Never Endorsed ECI Process
Karnataka Minister Satish Jarkiholi has clarified his remarks on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, saying his statement was misunderstood and did not amount to endorsing the exercise. He alleged that attempts were made to remove Congress-supporting voters from electoral rolls using Form-7, but claimed these efforts were thwarted in Karnataka, beginning in Belagavi. Jarkiholi credited Rahul Gandhi and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivak…
Nearly 1 crore voters struck off Karnataka poll rolls after SIR - The Tribune
Over 99.32 lakh voters have been removed from Karnataka’s electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, with the state’s electorate declining from 5.54 crore to 4.55 crore, according to the final roll published by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO).
SIR cleans up electoral roll in Karnataka: Voter roll shrinks by 99.32 lakh after first SIR in 23 years
BENGALURU: Karnataka’s electoral database has undergone a major revision, with the Election Commission of India publishing a final voter list showing approximately 4.55 crore electors, nearly 99.32 lakh fewer than the 5.54 crore recorded before the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The dramatic reduction has brought the issue of bogus, duplicate and outdated voter registrations into focus, even as the reasons for individual deletions require car…
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