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Besides, 1.3 lakh youngsters who turned 18 between January 2 and April 1 this year have submitted their applications. They will be approved by April 10 after verification.
As per the EC data, the poll panel received 23.3 lakh applications from fresh voters between November 9, 2022 and March 23, 2023. Of them, 18.8 lakh applications were in order.
“New voters should apply with Form 6 for enrolment as voters. Our officials had reached out to youngsters at colleges and universities in the state. This feat has been achieved over 4-5 months,” explained a senior officer at the Karnataka unit of the ECI.
All the districts have uniformly contributed to the electoral list, and a few have brought in more new voters. Each district has, on average, added 40,000 to 60,000 voters. A few districts such as Bengaluru Urban (excluding BBMP), Belagavi, Mysuru and Vijayapura have added more than one lakh voters each.
Even though Bengaluru Urban district received the highest number of applications of nearly 2 lakh, nearly 24,500 were rejected on various grounds. Belagavi has the highest addition of 1.5 lakh voters of the nearly 1.8 lakh applications.
A major reason for rejection in Bengaluru was multiple applications. “Also, applicants would have enrolled previously and applied afresh without verifying their names on the electoral list. While Bengaluru Urban had received the highest number of applications, BBMP (North) received 94,625 applications followed by BBMP (South) with 75,863 and BBMP (Central) with 72,687,” the officer overseeing revision said.