Updated electoral roll for 14 Karnataka constituencies released; a total of 2,88,08,182 are eligible voters
The Hindu
Updated electoral roll for 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka released, detailing voter demographics and election-related activities.
The office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka, on Wednesday released the updated electoral roll for the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka that will go to polls on April 26.
The updated roll is available on the CEO website at https://voters.eci.gov.in/download-eroll?stateCode=S10.
As per the updated roll, there are a total of 2,88,08,182 voters in the 14 constituencies that will go to polls in the second phase of elections (first phase in Karnataka). Of them, there are 1,44,17,530 male voters, 1,43,87,585 female voters, and 3,067 voters belonging to the third gender.
Among them, there are 11,160 service voters and 5,99,444 fresh voters in the age group of 18 to 19. There are 2,76,042 people with disabilities and 3,40,856 voters who are above the age of 85. This apart, there are 2,849 overseas voters.
According to the release, 11,160 e-postal ballots for service voters have been transmitted to the record officers concerned.
As per the release, cases have been booked for violation of the model code of conduct and various articles, including liquor, drugs, and ₹290.08 crore in cash, have been seized by the poll officials.
The flying squads, SSTS, and police authorities have booked 1,505 FIRs with regard to the seizures of cash, liquor, drugs, precious metals, and freebies, while the Excise Department has booked 1,848 heinous cases, 2,217 cases for breach of license conditions, 112 NDPS, and 10,718 cases under Section 15(a) of the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965 and seized 1,118 different vehicles.
