Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Samar Halarnkar Traces 2002 Voting Records Under Karnataka SIR
Samar Halarnkar is an author and journalist.
He needed to find old voting information for himself and his mother.
The information was from 2002.
He searched for it online and offline.
His neighbours helped him through WhatsApp.
He eventually found both records.
Their names were included in a draft voter list published on August 24.
Samar said he felt relieved after finding them.
Author and journalist Samar Halarnkar traced his 2002 voting details under Karnataka’s Special Intensive Revision.
He also located his mother’s 2002 voting records.
Online and offline searches were aided by neighbours through WhatsApp.
Halarnkar said both names appeared on the draft electoral roll published on August 24.
He said finding the records brought him a sigh of relief.
- Who
- Author and journalist Samar Halarnkar and his mother.
- What
- They traced their 2002 voting details during Karnataka’s Special Intensive Revision.
- When
- Their names appeared on the draft electoral roll published on August 24.
- Where
- Karnataka, through online and offline searches.
- Why
- Halarnkar was seeking the old voting details required under the Special Intensive Revision.
- Person
- Samar Halarnkar
- Process
- Karnataka’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR)
- Records sought
- 2002 voting details
- People whose records were found
- Samar Halarnkar and his mother
- Assistance
- Neighbours helped through WhatsApp
- Draft roll date
- August 24
- Outcome
- Both names appeared on the draft electoral roll