Shivamogga: 1.56 lakh voters in ASSD category

Published 28 July 2026 · finance

The Shivamogga district administration has identified 1.56 lakh voters under the ASSD (Absent, Shifted, Deceased and Duplicate) category during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR)

The Shivamogga district administration has identified 1.56 lakh voters under the ASSD (Absent, Shifted, Deceased and Duplicate) category during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. These names are likely to be excluded from the draft electoral roll, which is scheduled to be published on August 17. Addressing a press conference in Shivamogga on Tuesday (July 28), Deputy Commissioner Prabhulinga Kavalikatti said the digitisation of enumeration forms submitted by electors was in progress. So far, the details of 12,93,844 voters — 85.15% of the district’s total electorate of 15,19,459 — have been digitised.

As many as 6,196 electors submitted their enumeration forms online. The Booth Level Officers (BLOs) are yet to receive 69,603 enumeration forms, accounting for 4.58% of the total electorate. “The last date for submitting the filled-in forms is August 8. The BLOs are making efforts to collect the remaining forms. Some electors have sought additional time to submit them,” the Deputy Commissioner said. During the SIR exercise, BLOs identified 1,56,012 voters under the ASSD category. Of them, 43,845 were found to be deceased, 23,738 were untraceable or absent from the district, and 72,544 had permanently shifted from their registered addresses.

Another 15,327 voters were found to have already enrolled at other locations, while 558 names were classified under other categories, he said. Kavalikatti said the district administration had shared the details of these voters with political parties. “The objective is to ensure that no eligible voter is left out of the electoral roll. We are seeking the cooperation of political parties to help trace any genuine voters who may have been classified under the ASSD category,” he said. The Deputy Commissioner said scrutiny of the enumeration forms would begin after the publication of the draft electoral roll.

“The software will automatically flag logical discrepancies, such as cases where the age difference between a parent and child is less than 15 years, or the age gap between a grandparent and grandchild is less than 40 years. In such cases, notices will be issued and hearings conducted. Notices may also be issued in cases involving discrepancies in names or other particulars,” he said. Additional Deputy Commissioner V. Abhishek was also present at the press conference.