BBMP releases draft electoral list; over 97 lakh citizens eligible to vote

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: In a significant move for next year’s election, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) released a draft electoral roll, in a press conference headed by R. Ramachandran, Special commissioner of the Election department here on Friday.

The final number of voters in Bengaluru is revealed to be 97 lakhs. The total number of voters had increased by around 5 lakhs on January 1 this year.

The public are requested to verify their data and if needed, make changes before December 9th. November 18, 19, and December 2,3 are the dates of the special drive.

The final electoral roll will be released on January 5 next year. Ramachandran responded to questions regarding the total number of deletions “From the information we get from the Booth Level Officers(BLO), 86,062 names have been deleted in total," he said.

However, 1,63,354 names have been added to the electoral list. With Bengaluru Urban adding around 69,000 voters, both Central and north zone have added only 30,000 each.

Due to the increase in the number of voters,the number of polling booths will be increased from 8615 to 8982.

The Commissioner refused to comment on the BBMP election, which is long overdue and much needed. The Election commission has released the Draft roll for Karnataka. The total voter count went up to 5.33 crores.

‘De-Novo’ electoral list for teachers, graduates in MLC elections

As directed by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Karnataka State Legislative Council has been directed to prepare a de-novo electoral roll with effect from November 1 for constituencies in Bengaluru allocated for graduates and teachers.

Preparation for the 2024 legislative council election was undertaken by zonal election officers. An awareness drive in educational institutes will be conducted by these officers, to increase the number of applications. Interested people are advised to fill form 18 and 19 by November 6.