Karnataka has 5.38 crore voters in final electoral rolls for 2024 Lok Sabha elections

For any information regarding electoral rolls, Electors Photo Identity Cards (EPICs), and submission of applications, individuals may contact the respective District Election Officers, Electoral Registration Officers, Assistant Electoral Registration Officers, and Booth Level Officers. They can also call the toll free number 1950 (180042551950).

As per the revised final electoral rolls for 2024, published on January 22, Karnataka has 5.38 crore electors, including 2.68 crore women and 4,920 in the others category. 

Giving details about the final rolls that were published on January 22, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Meena told mediapersons that the total number of electors has increased by 4.08 lakh since the publication of the draft electoral rolls on October 27, 2023. 

The final electoral rolls of 224 Assembly constituencies have been published in the offices of the Deputy Commissioners of all District Electoral Registration officers, Assistant Electoral Roll Registration officers and all polling stations for the information of the public.

“A total of 58,834 polling stations have been identified. During rationalisation, 845 polling stations were added and 293 were merged. Overall, there is a net increase of 552 polling stations compared to 2023 Assembly elections,” he said.

During the revision, the names of electors detected under Photo Similar Entries, Demographically Similar Entries, Dead, Shifted, Absentee, have been deleted for cleansing of the electoral rolls. The total number of voters (5.38 crore) published in the final rolls is after these deletions. This number includes 46,501 service electors.

Among the 224 Assembly constituencies, Bengaluru South has the highest number of voters at 7,17,201. Sringeri in Chikkamagaluru district has the least number of voters at 1,67,556. 

Mr. Meena said between the draft and final rolls of 2024, as many as 10,81,110 electors have been added and 6,72,457 electors have been deleted. People can use Form 6 for new registration, and Form 8 for addition, correction or deletion of names in the electoral rolls.