Dharwad voter roll rises by 24,070 after electoral revision
Dharwad district’s final roll lists 1,378,016 voters across seven Assembly constituencies, with women outnumbering men.
Dharwad district in Karnataka published a final electoral roll on 27 October 2026 listing 1,378,016 voters across seven Assembly constituencies, a net increase of 24,070 after a Special Intensive Revision, The Hindu reported. The figures reflect additions, deletions and corrections to the draft list.
Deputy Commissioner and District Electoral Officer Snehal R. announced the figures at a press conference in Dharwad, according to The Hindu. The final roll contains 687,019 men, 690,931 women and 66 voters in the third-gender category. Women alone outnumber men by 3,912; women and third-gender voters together number 690,997, or 1,006 for every 1,000 men.
How Dharwad’s voter total changed
The draft roll had listed 1,353,946 voters. During the revision, 30,375 names were added and 6,305 deleted, producing the reported net increase of 24,070. Details for another 30,726 voters were corrected, The Hindu reported. Those corrections concerned existing entries and did not change the voter total.
Snehal attributed 4,494 deletions to voters who had permanently shifted residence, 1,787 to other reasons, 14 to people registered elsewhere, nine to deaths and one to an absent voter, according to The Hindu. The report said notices were issued to verify draft entries and that the exercise included scrutiny and hearings, with some cases pending before final publication.
Hubballi-Dharwad West has the district’s largest constituency roll, at 222,477 voters, while Kundgol has the smallest, at 179,005. The district also lists 15,151 young voters, including 8,321 men and 6,830 women; Kalghatgi has the highest constituency count of young voters, at 2,511. Another 63 registered voters are non-resident Indians, The Hindu reported.
How Dharwad compares with Karnataka’s final roll
The district’s increase contrasts with the statewide fall reported by The Times of India. The newspaper put Karnataka’s final electorate at 45,455,689 after the revision and reported a fall of about 99.76 lakh voters from the original electorate. The statewide figure provides context for Dharwad’s separately reported district count.
The Times of India reported that about 43.8 lakh people statewide received notices during the claims and objections phase. In Dharwad, voters can consult the final roll at electoral registration offices and local government offices, or through the Election Commission’s voter services portal, according to The Hindu.
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Sources and context
- Dharwad has 13.78 lakh voters with a net increase of 24,070 after SIRThe Hindu
- Karnataka loses nearly 1 crore voters after SIR, final electorate stands at 4.54 crore; 65.45 lakh marked permanently shiftedThe Times of India
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