Dharwad has 13.78 lakh voters with a net increase of 24,070 after SIR

Dharwad district has 13,78,016 voters across seven Assembly constituencies with women outnumbering men, according to the final electoral roll published on Tuesday.

Announcing the figures at a press conference at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Dharwad, Deputy Commissioner and District Electoral Officer Snehal R. said that the final roll comprises 6,87,019 men, 6,90,931 women and 66 voters in the third gender category.

The number of women and third gender voters together stand at 6,90,997, translating into 1,006 women and third gender voters for every 1,000 men.

The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has resulted in a net increase of 24,070 voters. While 30,375 voters have been added to the electoral roll, 6,305 names have been deleted. At the same time, the details of 30,726 voters have been corrected.

Of the deleted names, 4,494 are those of voters who have permanently shifted residence, 1,787 removed for other reasons, 14 already registered elsewhere, nine voters deceased and one has been marked absent, Ms. Snehal said.

Constituency-wise votes

Hubballi-Dharwad West has the highest number of voters at 2,22,477, followed by Hubballi-Dharwad Central with 2,08,805.

Dharwad has 1,97,127 voters, Navalgund 1,95,790, Kalghatgi 1,89,790, Hubballi-Dharwad East 1,85,022 and Kundgol 1,79,005.

The district has 15,151 young voters, including 8,321 men and 6,830 women. Kalghatgi has the highest number of young voters at 2,511, followed by Dharwad with 2,343 and Hubballi-Dharwad West with 2,261.

There are 63 registered Non-Resident Indian (NRI) voters in the district — 44 men and 19 women.

Hubballi-Dharwad Central accounts for 39, followed by West with 13, East with nine and Dharwad with two. Navalgund, Kundgol and Kalghatgi have no registered NRI voters.

Notices issued

Ms. Snehal said that notices were issued for verification of entries in the draft electoral roll across the seven constituencies.

The revision exercise included scrutiny of voter details and hearings, with some cases kept pending for final publication.

The draft electoral roll had 13,53,946 voters, against the 13,78,016 in the final list.

The final electoral roll is available at the offices of the electoral registration officers and assistant electoral registration officers as well as local urban bodies, zilla panchayat, taluk panchayats and gram panchayats.

Voters can also check their names on the Election Commission’s voter services portal.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Geeta C.D. was present at the press conference.