Karnataka SIR: Deletions in Bengaluru disproportionately high, 12 seats cross 10-times winning margin mark

Bommanahalli Assembly constituency has recorded the highest deletions during the draft stage; constituencies with high deletions are also seeing a large number of notices being issued

Updated - September 20, 2026 07:39 pm IST - BENGALURU

There are also instances of what appear to be mass deletions, with an overwhelming number of voters marked as shifted and large numbers of deletions concentrated in the same polling stations. | Photo Credit: Allen Egenuse J.

At least 12 of Bengaluru’s 28 Assembly constituencies have seen the number of voters deleted from the draft electoral roll exceed 10 times the winning margin in the 2023 Assembly election. The pattern of deletions points to a large number of names – more than 90% in some constituencies – being marked as either shifted or absent.

For instance, in Bommanahalli Assembly constituency, which has recorded the highest deletions during the draft stage (54%), the winning margin in 2023 was 24,215 votes, while more than 2.65 lakh names have been deleted under the Absent, Shifted, Duplicate, Dead and Others (ASDDO) category — nearly 11 times the winning margin.

In Dasarahalli, where the winning margin was 9,194 votes, the number of deletions is more than 26 times the margin. The constituency has seen more than 2.45 lakh deletions, the second-highest at 52% of the electorate.

The constituencies with high deletions are also seeing a large number of notices being issued. There are also instances of what appear to be mass deletions, with an overwhelming number of voters marked as shifted and large numbers of deletions concentrated in the same polling stations.

For instance, in C.V. Raman Nagar, over 1.40 lakh names have been deleted – 8.5 times the winning margin of 16,395 votes. Of the remaining 1.33 lakh electors, 60% have been marked for notices, with more than 80,840 receiving notices.

Moreover, across Bommanahalli, Dasarahalli and C.V. Raman Nagar, an overwhelming share of the deletions is in the shifted and absent categories.

In Bommanahalli, shifted and absent together account for 95% of the deletions, with 50.34% marked as shifted and 45.38% as absent. Similarly, in Dasarahalli, over 73% are marked as shifted and 20.54% as absent, together accounting for 93% of the deletions. The trend is similar in C.V. Raman Nagar, where the two categories together account for 92% of the deletions.

Data suggest that the 28 Assembly constituencies in Bengaluru have been disproportionately affected by the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. While Bengaluru account for less than one-fifth of Karnataka’s electors, the deletion rate here is 45%, compared to 13.5% in the rest of the State, while the rate of notices is more than eight times higher.

The booth-level data compiled by Mandate Analytics and Consulting (MAC) Insights, an independent electoral intelligence and data consultancy, also suggests instances of mass deletions.

In BBMP North, Part 301 recorded a deletion rate of over 93% – of the 1,129 electors in the 2025 data, 1,053 have been deleted. The Part 53 in Malleswaram and Part 311 in K.R. Pura recorded deletion rates of 85% and 83%, respectively. Within Bengaluru Urban, at least six booths, all in the Bengaluru South constituency, have recorded deletions of more than 80%.

Published - September 20, 2026 07:08 pm IST

Karnataka / Bengaluru / Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls / election / voting

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