Karnataka's final SIR voter roll out today with about a crore fewer names

Karnataka will publish its final electoral roll on October 27 after more than three months of Special Intensive Revision. The state had 5.54 crore voters when the exercise began; the final roll will have about 4.54 crore. In the draft stage, 16.39 lakh names were deleted as dead voters and over seven lakh as duplicates. Figures on ineligible voters remain unknown.