80 lakh voters in the Pune district voters are set to be deleted in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls currently being conducted in the state by the Election Commission as of August 17, the final day of the enumeration and verification stage.
The draft electoral roll is set to be published on August 24, and claims and objections can be filed till September 23Over 28.79 lakh of the 90.80 lakh voters in the Pune district voters are set to be deleted in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls currently being conducted in the state by the Election Commission as of August 17, the final day of the enumeration and verification stage. Further, 15.43 lakh voters are expected to attend hearings due to “logical discrepancies” or “no links” found in details of their current voter roll as compared to the 2002 voter roll details. There are a total of 90,80,173 lakh voters in the Pune district. According to data shared by the district administration, the total distribution of SIR enumeration forms on the final day stood at 99.99 per cent. This number includes people marked Absent, Shifted, Dead, or Duplicate (ASDD) i.e. the 28,79,728 lakh names marked for deletion. The total form digitization number stood at 99.94% on the final day.A total of 15,43,447 voters — 7,25,049 with data anomalies and 8,18,398 with “no links” — are expected to appear for hearings. However, some “logical discrepancies” might be resolved by document verification, and such voters will not need to attend the hearings. The draft electoral roll is set to be published on August 24, and claims and objections can be filed till September 23. Issuance of notices, conducting hearings, and disposing of claims and objections will happen by October 22, and the final roll will be published on October 27. What are ‘Logical Discrepancies’? “Logical Discrepancies”, according to the Election Commission, could arise due to a lack of expected alignment between the age recorded in 2002 and the current record, errors in names, or flaws in the mapping process, the Pune administration said. A software is used to detect such anomalies. An anomaly can also be triggered in the software if the age difference between two siblings is shown to be less than nine months during mapping. Therefore, the detection of an anomaly will not automatically imply that the concerned voter’s record is incorrect. Hearings will be conducted for all such cases, and the necessary verification will be carried out. District Collector Jitendra Dudi told The Indian Express, “We will now conduct hearings and resolve the anomalies. If there is any wrong name in ASDD that will also be resolved. Notices will be issued to the people through BLOs (Booth Level Officers).”Story continues below this ad The controversial concept of such ‘logical discrepancies’ was used for the first time in the West Bengal SIR, where over 27 lakh names were kept out of the voter roll and could not vote in the 2026 state elections. Soham Shah is a Correspondent with The Indian Express, based in Pune. A journalism graduate with a background in fact-checking, he brings a meticulous and research-oriented approach to his current reporting. Professional Background Role: Correspondent coverig education and city affairs in Pune. Specialization: His primary beat is education, but he also maintains a strong focus on civic issues, public health, human rights, and state politics. Key Strength: Soham focuses on data-driven reporting on school and college education, government reports, and public infrastructure. Recent Notable Articles (Late 2025) His late 2025 work highlights a transition from education-centric reporting to hard-hitting investigative and human-rights stories: 1. Investigations & Governance "Express Impact: Mother's name now a must to download birth certificate from PMC site" (Dec 20, 2025): Reporting on a significant policy change by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) following his earlier reports on gender inclusivity in administrative documents. "44-Acre Mahar Land Controversy: In June, Pune official sought land eviction at Pawar son firm behest" (Nov 9, 2025): An investigative piece on real estate irregularities in
Since the SIR began, 4.08 lakh voters in Karnataka have applied to be included in the voter roll. (Representational image)The extended enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka appears to have helped reduce the number of ASDDO (absent, shifted, dead, duplicate and other) voters from 1.11 crore on August 5 to 1.08 crore as of Wednesday, according to data released by the chief electoral officer (CEO). While 85,267 voters were wrongly classified as “absent”, 95,037 voters were put in the “shifted” category—an error now rectified by the Election Commission of India. Similarly, 80,492 voters classified under “other”—which includes reasons such as refusing to sign the enumeration form—were also removed from the ASDDO lists.Overall, 2,41,082 names were removed from the ASDDO lists. Other changes included an increase in the number of voters classified as “dead” by 6,796, and “duplicate” voters by 12,918. Another change was in the number of voters classified under “no mapping”, for failing to map themselves or their lineage in the 2002 electoral roll. In a week, their numbers have reduced by 2.05 lakh—from 34.17 lakh to 32.05 lakh. CEO V Anbukkumar said political parties were requested to identify wrong entries after booth-wise ASDDO lists were published on August 3. “We published the list because we wanted to identify any mistakes. After intense verification and with help from booth-level agents, names of 2.41 lakh voters were rolled back from the ASDDO list,” he said Wednesday. The ASDDO lists are also given to all seven recognised political parties in the state. “If anyone needs to roll back an entry, booth-level officers (BLOs) will do that,” he said.Story continues below this ad The CEO refused to comment on actor Prakash Raj’s statement that he has marked “permanently shifted”. ‘Wrongful entries can still rise’ Sources in the CEO’s office said the extension of the deadline for the enumeration phase helped identify wrong entries. “Earlier, the house to house enumeration and verification phase was scheduled to end on July 29,” an official said, noting that it was first extended to August 8 and recently to August 17. “It was only after the ASDDO list went online that BLOs started receiving requests for rollback,” he said, adding that the number of wrongful entries in the ASDDO and “no mapping” lists could likely increase further. Since the SIR process began, 4.08 lakh voters have applied using Form 6 to be included in the voter roll. Most of them—63,509 voters—were in the Bangalore Urban electoral district.
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