Bengaluru: Bengaluru recorded Karnataka’s highest number of applications for inclusion, deletion and correction of voter details after the special intensive revision (SIR) claims deadline, even as Form 6 applications rose 32.4% and deletion requests surged 291.48% across the state.Karnataka received 2.6 lakh Form 6 applications seeking inclusion in electoral rolls between Sept 23 and Oct 22. Form 7 applications seeking deletions or objecting to inclusions rose to 1.7 lakh, while 2.1 lakh Form 8 applications were filed for corrections and address changes, up 19.2%.Bengaluru Urban topped Form 6 applications with 26,654, followed by Belagavi (17,437) and BBMP South (13,755), North (12,070) and Central (11,719) zones. Deletion requests were the highest in Bengaluru Urban (21,999), BBMP South (18,578) and BBMP North (17,471), followed by Dakshina Kannada (8,255) and Tumakuru (6,707).Bengaluru Urban also led Form 8 applications with 12,255, followed by Belagavi (11,680), Dakshina Kannada (11,487), Vijayanagara (9,051) and Mysuru (9,021), according to CEO office data.Bengaluru’s low re-entryBengaluru’s voter base of 1.03 crore before SIR saw a large number of electors marked absent, shifted, dead, duplicate or otherwise categorised (ASDDO) in the draft rolls. During the claims and objections period from Aug 24 to Sept 23, the region received only 2.2 lakh Form 6 applications for inclusion — around 5% of the ASDDO count.The CEO’s office has not disclosed how many applicants were new voters, leaving it unclear how many excluded electors sought re-entry. Karnataka’s draft rolls recorded 1.07 crore ASDDO deletions, most of them in Bengaluru. Districts outside Bengaluru accounted for about 4 lakh deletions but submitted 5.6 lakh of the state’s 7.7 lakh Form 6 applications during the claims period.
