Bengaluru has lost more than four in ten of its listed voters. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) cut the electorate within Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) limits by 43.13 per cent, from 1.03 crore to 59.08 lakh, in the final electoral roll published on October 27.
Across the city’s 28 Assembly constituencies, 46.88 lakh names were placed in the ASDDO category: absent, shifted, dead, duplicate and others.
At a glance
| Measure | Figure |
| Electorate before SIR | 1.03 crore |
| Electorate in final roll | 59,08,151 |
| Decline | 43.13% |
| Names in ASDDO category | 46.88 lakh |
| Men / Women / Others | 28.67 lakh / 30.40 lakh / 674 |
| Assembly constituencies covered | 28 |
| Foreigners detected statewide | Fewer than 1,000 |
Women now outnumber men on the city’s roll by about 1.73 lakh.
Where the remaining voters are
GBA final electoral roll, published October 27, 2026 · as reported
The final roll lists 28.67 lakh men, 30.40 lakh women and 674 voters in the ‘others’ category. As reported, the five area figures add up to 67.10 lakh, more than the 59.08 lakh total, which suggests the areas overlap; the GBA has not published a reconciliation.
Why names were flagged
Official SIR data, 28 Assembly constituencies within GBA limits · ‘Others’ = total minus the four itemised reasons
Voters recorded as permanently shifted account for most of the 46.88 lakh ASDDO names. The four reasons itemised in official data cover 43.84 lakh; the remaining 3.04 lakh are not broken down.
Constituencies with the most deletions
Official SIR data as reported · the four largest totals plus Shivajinagar; other constituencies not itemised
The four constituencies with the largest deletions are all represented by BJP MLAs. Mahadevapura was at the centre of allegations by Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, who claimed last year that fake voters had been added to its rolls before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Shivajinagar, which has a sizeable minority population, saw 81,236 names removed.
Even after the steepest cut, Bengaluru South still has the city’s largest electorate, at more than 4.41 lakh voters. Rajajinagar has the smallest, at just over 1.13 lakh.
From draft roll to final roll
The final roll ended up 2.08 lakh voters larger than the draft, according to the GBA, after claims and objections were processed.
| Change between draft and final roll | Voters |
| Names added | 2.74 lakh |
| Names deleted | 65,881 |
| Net addition | 2.08 lakh |
| Entries modified (details corrected) | 1,81,053 |
CEO: no eligible voter was deleted
Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer V. Anbukkumar told a press conference on October 27 that no eligible voter had been struck off. He said no name was removed merely because Form 7 objections had been filed in bulk, and that Form 6 applications were verified before eligible applicants were added.
“There should be no confusion or apprehension that eligible voters have been left out arbitrarily. The process has been conducted transparently and in accordance with the law,” Anbukkumar said.
He confirmed that some foreigners had been found on the rolls during the revision, putting the statewide figure below 1,000. Sources said most of those marked for removal were reportedly Nepali nationals.
Anbukkumar added that publishing the final roll does not end the revision: electoral rolls will keep being updated.
