Karnataka Extends Voter Enumeration Deadline to August 17
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Karnataka Extends Voter Enumeration Deadline to August 17
- Karnataka's Election Commission has extended the deadline for the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to August 17, 2026, marking the second extension for this exercise.
- The draft electoral rolls, initially slated for publication on August 17, will now be released on August 24, 2026, following requests from civil society groups and political parties like the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president B.K. Hariprasad.
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) has extended the enumeration and door-to-door verification exercise for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka until August 17, 2026. This is the second extension granted for the enumeration phase, which was originally scheduled to conclude on August 8. The decision to extend the deadline came after civil society and citizen rights groups, as well as political figures, urged the Election Commission for more time.
These groups highlighted concerns following the publication of the Absent, Shifted, Duplicate, Dead and Others (ASDDO) list, which reportedly included over 1.10 crore voters in Karnataka. They argued that voters needed adequate time to verify their status and approach Booth Level Officers (BLOs) if they had been wrongly classified in the ASDDO list, to avoid potential exclusion from the draft electoral rolls.
With this latest extension, the draft electoral rolls are now scheduled for publication on August 24, 2026, a revision from the earlier date of August 17. Citizens will then have a month, from August 24 to September 23, 2026, to file claims and objections against the draft rolls. The final, officially revised electoral rolls are slated to be published on October 27, 2026. The SIR exercise, which began with house-to-house visits by BLOs on June 30, 2026, aims for a detailed re-verification of every voter’s information.