Belagavi has 36.35 lakh voters after SIR

As per the final notification of the Election Commission of India after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of rolls, Belagavi has 36.35 lakh voters.

The north-western district has now emerged as the biggest revenue district in terms of voters, followed by Bengaluru Urban with 24.1 lakh voters and Mysuru with 22.8 lakh voters.

The notification lists 792 Form 7 cases in which electors were marked ineligible by the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO).

The district-level SIR disposal statement records 84,412 notices generated and delivered, with 84,412 hearings held.

Of these, 83,620 cases are shown as marked for the final roll with reference to hearings.

The final total electorate of 36,35,860 is 2,07,920 less than 38,43,780 voters who were mapped in the beginning.

When the SIR process started, there were 41,07,000 voters in the 18 Assembly constituencies in the district.

Using the 2002 SIR documents and existing electoral rolls, Booth Level Officers have distributed 41,07,000 enumeration forms.

Of these, 38,43,780 were mapped. As many as 35,94,820 forms were returned. Of them, 35,89,825 have been digitised, in the first round. However, all were digitised later.