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Preparations for the State-wide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls are gathering momentum successful Karnataka, with the predetermination authorities completing much than 61% of elector rotation mapping crossed the State, with Bengaluru being the outlier.
As galore arsenic 1.92 crore electors with the cut-off property of 40 had been mapped retired of the 3.12 crore identified successful the 2025 rolls till January 15.
Overall, 3.28 crore electors — combining system-verified and Booth Level Officer (BLO)-verified entries — person been mapped truthful acold crossed the State. This works retired to 58.74% of the full 5.57 crore electors arsenic per 2025 rolls.
Fresh people set
Sources said territory predetermination officials had been directed to implicit mapping of astatine slightest 1 much crore electors by the extremity of this month.
“Urban areas, peculiarly the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) limits, person been asked to measurement up the pace,” the sources said.
District-wise information showed that mapping is connected way successful astir southern, central, and bluish districts, portion Bengaluru’s municipality segments proceed to lag.
Officials said that the mapping workout was cardinal to cleaning the rolls, removing duplication, and ensuring that nary eligible elector was near out.
“This volition provender into consequent steps, including tract verification, hearings, and updating of entries,” an authoritative said.
Across districts
Several districts person crossed the 70% people successful mapping electors supra the cut-off age. Koppal (75.1%), Chitradurga (75.7%), Haveri (75.1%), Tumakuru (76.4%) and Vijayapura (70.8%) are among the better-performing regions.
Smaller districts specified arsenic Kodagu (70.4%) and Chamarajanagar (75.5%) person besides kept pace.
In coastal and confederate Karnataka, Udupi has completed 66.5%, Dakshina Kannada 58.6%, and Mysuru 64.3%.
Bengaluru lags
The 3 zones successful GBA country — Central, North and South — are trailing significantly, with mapping percentages betwixt 26 and 27, astatine Central — 27.47; North — 27.33 and South — 26.05. Bengaluru Urban territory extracurricular GBA has besides mapped conscionable 29.9%.
Election officials said these areas posed challenges owed to accelerated migration, higher colonisation mobility, and ample numbers of unverified entries.
Progeny mapping
A 2nd portion of the SIR mentation involves mapping electors calved aft the 2002 basal twelvemonth (labelled “progeny”).
Alongside electors who conscionable the cut-off age, officials are updating “progeny data” — a acceptable of records utilized to way young individuals who volition scope eligibility successful the coming years.
Statewide, 1.35 crore progeny records person been mapped truthful far. Districts specified arsenic Belagavi, Bagalkot, Tumakuru, and Vijayapura amusement higher consolidation of progeny data, portion Bengaluru zones stay debased owing to incomplete base-level verification.
BLOs to statesman verification
With system-based mapping nearing saturation, the remaining electors volition necessitate tract verification. Booth Level Officers (BLOs) are expected to statesman intensified door-to-door visits implicit the adjacent 2 weeks. Officials said the verification circular would absorption connected confirming individuality and address, deleting duplicate oregon shifted entries, and ensuring nary eligible elector was near out.
The SIR rhythm volition proceed with further hearings and scrutiny earlier mentation of the last updated electoral rolls.
Political parties person been intimately tracking the process, arsenic the prime of the rolls could person implications for upcoming civic and Assembly elections.
Officials, however, maintained that the workout was non-partisan and followed a laid-out process nether the Election Commission’s guidelines.
