MANGALURU: Forty foreign citizens were among 9,064 electors deleted from the electoral rolls in Dakshina Kannada following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the final electoral roll for the district released on Tuesday showed.
Deputy Commissioner Darshan H.V. said the deleted names comprised 7,937 voters who had permanently shifted their residence, 766 with duplicate entries, 321 deceased voters and 40 who were found to be citizens of other countries such as Nepal (17), United Kingdom (2), Canada (5), Australia (6), USA (6) and one each from Netherlands, South Africa, Ireland and Norway.
He said the 40 individuals, though of Indian origin, had acquired foreign citizenship and were therefore not eligible to remain on the electoral rolls.
Despite the deletions, the district registered a net increase of 32,061 voters. The electorate rose from 16,46,387 in the draft electoral roll published on August 24 to 16,78,448 in the final roll. A total of 41,125 names were added after publication of the draft list, while 9,064 names were removed.
Among the Assembly constituencies, Mangaluru City South recorded the highest net addition of 6,019 voters, with 1,529 deletions, followed by Belthangady (4,295 additions, 1,376 deletions), Mangaluru City North (4,234; 1,386), Moodbidri (4,021; 812), Bantwal (3,966; 893), Mangaluru (3,945; 1,010), Sullia (2,974; 1,020) and Puttur (2,607; 1,038).
Of the 41,125 voters added after the draft roll, 32,987 were enrolled through Form 6 (new voters), 357 through Form 6A (NRIs) and 7,789 through Form 8 (change or shifting of residence).
The Deputy Commissioner said Dakshina Kannada was among the districts that issued the highest number of notices during the SIR, serving 1,50,131 notices and conducting corresponding field enquiries. Of those verified, 1,48,739 were found eligible to remain on the electoral roll, while 1,392 were declared ineligible.
The number of first-time voters in the 18-19 age group increased from 12,418 in the draft roll to 12,908 in the final list. The district now has 25,326 electors in this age group. It also has 13,420 persons with disabilities registered as voters, 14,086 voters aged above 85 years, 366 NRI voters and 449 service voters.
The district administration also received 1,205 objections against proposed deletions. However, all were rejected as they had been filed by persons not related to the concerned electors. Of these, 879 objections were submitted in Form 7, while 326 were filed without the required supporting documents.