Bengaluru, 8 July 

Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer V Anbukkumar on Wednesday said that 80.85 per cent of the enumeration forms for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls had been distributed to electors.

The door-to-door house enumeration began on 30 June and will continue until 29 July. 

In 112 of the 224 Assembly constituencies, more than 90 per cent of the forms have been distributed, while in 169 constituencies, more than 80 per cent of the forms have already been distributed, he said at a press conference in the City. 

He said that Chitradurga district had achieved 98.95 per cent distribution, followed by Davanagere (98.74 per cent), Uttara Kannada (98.66 per cent), Mandya (97.65 per cent) and Vijayanagara (97.57 per cent). 

“The districts are almost reaching saturation by tomorrow (Thursday), and in some places, especially in urban areas, the progress is a little slow,” he said.

Devadurga, Kumta, Hirekerur and Mayakonda constituencies had achieved 100 per cent distribution, while Karwar, Mulbagal and Melukote had achieved 99 per cent distribution.

However, Bommanahalli constituency had recorded 35 per cent distribution, the lowest in Karnataka, while Bangalore South had registered 39.95 per cent.

“The areas under the City corporations of Kalaburagi, Mysuru, Belagavi and Tumakuru have performed a little slowly, but there is still enough time to distribute the enumeration forms,” he said.

Anbukkumar said the digitisation process was going on in parallel. “Around 10 per cent of the forms have already been digitised in Karnataka. We have digitised more than 56 lakh forms in the State. Political parties have appointed 1,24,018 booth-level agents. Till date, we have identified around 1,30,975 people from whom the forms could not be collected for various reasons”.

Action against BLOs

Amid the Opposition’s claims of irregularities and that Booth Level Officers (BLOs) were distributing forms at community halls instead of door-to-door visits, Anbukkumar said that action would be taken against erring officers.

He said that a complaint had already been submitted to the ECI.