Mangaluru: As many as 1,50,153 voters in Dakshina Kannada have been placed under the categories of ‘No Mapping’ and ‘Logical Discrepancies’ during the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, and notices will be issued to them, deputy commissioner Darshan HV said Monday.The highest number of notices were sent out from Mangaluru City South, with 18,220 voters under ‘No Mapping’ and 16,968 under ‘Logical Discrepancies’, followed by Mangaluru City North with 27,915 notices, including 11,539 under ‘No Mapping’ and 16,376 under ‘Logical Discrepancies’.The DC said notices issued in Kannada and English by electoral registration officers (EROs) or assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs) will mention the date, time, the list of documents required to be produced, and the venue of the hearing. He said booth-level officers (BLOs) will serve the notices at voters’ residences.Recipients will have to appear before the concerned ERO or AERO within the stipulated period with the required documents to establish their eligibility and rectify discrepancies. Those unable to attend on the scheduled date will be allowed a one-time extension, the DC said.Proposal for more AEROsAs the district currently has only eight EROs, the administration has proposed deploying 154 additional Group B officers as AEROs. The proposal has been sent to the Election Commission for approval. The EROs and AEROs will conduct document verification at voter facilitation centres for those who receive notices.The draft electoral roll published on Aug 24 contains 16,46,387 voters in the district, including 8,07,600 men, 8,38,768 women and 19 transgender electors. This is against the earlier total of 18,03,766 electors recorded on June 16.Of the 18,03,766 enumeration forms distributed, 16,46,387 (91.2%) have been digitised. The remaining 1,57,379 forms have been categorised as Absent, Shifted, Deceased and Duplicate (ASDD) cases.These include 82,988 (4.6%) voters who had permanently shifted, 45,318 (2.5%) deceased, 15,395 (0.8%) already enrolled, 11,124 (0.6%) absent or uncollectable voters, and 2,554 (0.1%) cases classified under other categories.The rationalisation of polling stations has increased their number in the district from 1,876 to 2,019, with 143 new stations created in areas having more than 1,200 voters.The constituency-wise addition of polling stations includes Belthangady (27), Moodubidire (26), Mangaluru City North (13), Mangaluru City South (11), Mangaluru (25), Bantwal (12), Puttur (24) and Sullia (5).The district has 12,418 first-time voters, 13,189 PWD voters, 14,095 voters aged 85 and above, and 450 service voters.Voters FlaggedMangaluru City South tops the list, followed by Mangaluru City North.Assembly Constituency No Mapping Logical Discrepancies Total Notices electors count electors countBelthangady 3,073 9,384 12,457Moodubidire 5,446 16,397 21,843Mangaluru City North 11,539 16,376 27,915Mangaluru City South 18,220 16,968 35,188Mangaluru 5,681 12,668 18,349Bantwal 2,296 6,753 9,049Puttur 3,603 8,730 12,333Sullia 2,252 10,767 13,019TOTAL 52,110 98,043 1,50,153
