Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (JD)
Udupi, Oct 27: A total of 49,733 voters have been deleted from the electoral rolls in Udupi district following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.
The district now has 10,14,143 registered voters, compared with 10,63,876 as of June 16, 2026, deputy commissioner Swaroopa T K announced at a press conference on Tuesday, October 27.
The enumeration forms were distributed door-to-door with the cooperation of all political parties, the deputy commissioner said. The draft electoral rolls, published on August 24, 2026, contained 10,00,545 voters.
During the enumeration phase, 63,331 names were deleted from the rolls. Following the publication of the draft list, 17,334 voters were added, while 3,736 names were deleted. After verification, 13,598 names were added to the electoral rolls.
Among the five taluks, Udupi recorded the highest number of deletions after publication of the draft rolls, with 14,082 names removed. This was followed by Byndoor with 11,554, Kundapur with 9,370, Karkala with 7,961 and Kaup with 6,766.
The district recorded 35 deletions due to deaths, 2,620 due to migration, four duplicate entries and 1,077 cases of ineligibility, the Deputy Commissioner said.
A total of 17,344 voters were added following the draft-stage revision, including 8,794 women and 8,540 men. Of these, 11,261 were young voters.
The deputy commissioner also said that 47 foreign residents had been identified in the district. Twenty-one individuals had completely refused to participate in the SIR process and would be excluded from the electoral rolls.
Those whose names have been omitted from the electoral rolls, including those who refused to participate in the process, will have an opportunity to apply to the Election Commission for inclusion after January 1, 2027, she said.
Additional deputy commissioner Abid Gadyal was present at the press conference.
On the occasion, deputy commissioner Swaroopa T K handed over CDs containing the final electoral rolls prepared under the Special Intensive Revision to representatives of various political parties.
Congress leaders Abdul Aziz Hejamady and B.Vijay Nayari, BJP leader Chandrashekar Prabhu and JD(S) leader Jayaram Acharya were present.