Belagavi has 36.35 lakh voters after SIR

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

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.

Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Mohammad Roshan said that the Assembly constituency-wise ASDDO final list will be released soon.

In the first round, 5.13 lakh voters were placed in Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate and Others (ASDDO) category.

As per the Census of 2011, the last available figures of population, Belagavi had a population of 4,779,661.

The district has 18,25,531 male electors, 18,10,170 female electors and 159 electors categorised under the third gender.

Belagavi city, which has three Assembly constituencies - Uttar, Dakshin and Rural, has 6.35 lakh voters.

Belagavi Uttar has a gender ratio of 1,060, the highest among the 18 Assembly constituencies, followed by Gokak at 1,030 and Belagavi Dakshin at 1,021.

Hukkeri records a ratio of 1,009. Khanapur has the lowest reported gender ratio at 934, followed by Kagwad at 971 and Nippani at 1,002.

The final roll includes 34,476 electors aged 85 and above, comprising 14,275 males and 20,201 females.

Athani has the highest number of electors in this age group, with 2,627, followed by Kagwad with 2,611 and Chikkodi-Sadalga with 2,420.

Belagavi Uttar has 1,366 electors aged 85 and above, while Belagavi Dakshin has 1,898. Gokak has 1,327, the lowest count among the 18 constituencies.

The roll lists 52,196 electors under the Persons with Disabilities category. This includes 31,364 males, 20,827 females and five electors in the third gender category.

Saundatti Yellamma has the highest number of Persons with Disabilities electors at 4,980, followed by Kagwad with 4,195 and Bailhongal with 3,885.

Belagavi Uttar has 1,168 Persons with Disabilities electors, the lowest figure among the constituencies, while Belagavi Dakshin has 1,317.

The district has 47 overseas electors on the final roll: 29 males and 18 females.

Several constituencies have no overseas electors listed. Belagavi Uttar accounts for 24, the highest among the constituencies, followed by Belagavi Dakshin with eight.

Nippani and Chikkodi-Sadalga have three each, while Arabhavi, Belagavi Rural, Khanapur and Ramdurg have two or three each.