Crores of votes lost in Karnataka!

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday announced the final electoral roll in Karnataka. Compared to the last election, more than 99.32 lakh voters were few. These include deceased, permanent change of address and voter identification in more than one place. This was disclosed by Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka Anbu Kumar on Tuesday.

Before 'Sir', there were a total of 5,54,32,314 voters in the state, while after the completion of the process, there were 4,55,00,011 voters. Of these, 2,29,12,355 are females, 2,25,40,493 are males and 2,841 are others. There are 44,322 service voters, the Election Commission said. There are 3,92,134 people above the age of 85 years and 6,83,364 in the age group of 18-19 years. As many as 1.07 crore voters have received objections in the draft roll and 8.64 lakh have filed claims. In Karnataka, the process started on June 30.