Archive · 13 Aug 2026
Over 2.4 lakh Karnataka voters move out of ASDDO list
Karnataka is getting ready for elections by cleaning up its list of people who can vote.
Your name has to be on this list so you can vote when you are old enough.
Every once in a while, officials check the list to make sure it is correct.
They go door to door and ask people to fill in a form.
Some people have moved away, some have passed away, and some are signed up twice by mistake.
Their names cannot stay on Karnataka's voting list.
More than two lakh people were taken off the problem list after proving they should be on it.
About five and a half crore people are on the voting list, and most of them have already sent back their forms.
The checking started on June 30 and will end on August 17.
After that, the list will be clean for the next election.
Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer V Anbukkumar said over 2.4 lakh (241,082) voters were moved out of the ASDDO category after verification.
The Election Commission of India extended the house-to-house enumeration, which began on June 30, until August 17.
Of the 5.54 crore voters on the roll frozen on June 16, 4,45,57,010 (80.38 per cent) returned forms and will appear in the draft roll.
The remaining 1,08,75,304 voters (19.62 per cent) remain in ASDDO as absent, permanently shifted, dead, duplicated, or other.
The ASDDO list fell from about 111.16 lakh names on August 5 to about 108.75 lakh now, with the next update on August 15 evening.
- Who
- Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer V Anbukkumar, who announced the update, along with Karnataka's voters and recognised political parties reviewing the ASDDO list.
- What
- More than 2.4 lakh voters were moved out of the ASDDO (Absent, Permanently Shifted, Dead, Duplicate or Other) category during the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll.
- When
- Announced on Wednesday; house-to-house enumeration began June 30 and has been extended until August 17, with the next ASDDO update on August 15 evening.
- Where
- Karnataka, India; the announcement was made at a press conference in Bengaluru.
- Why
- To verify the electoral roll and remove absent, shifted, dead, or duplicate names so only eligible voters are listed in the draft roll.
- Chief Electoral Officer
- V Anbukkumar
- Voters in draft roll
- 4,45,57,010 (80.38%)
- Voters in ASDDO category
- 1,08,75,304 (19.62%)
- Total voters (roll frozen June 16)
- 5.54 crore
- Voters moved out of ASDDO
- 2,41,082
- ASDDO list published
- August 3
- Next ASDDO update
- August 15 evening
- Revision concludes
- August 17