Karnataka publishes its final electoral roll after completing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), removing more than 99 lakh entries from the voter list. Multiple outlets report that the electorate falls to roughly 4.55 crore voters, down from about 5.5 crore before the SIR began. The Hindu and NDTV cite a deletion figure of 99.32 lakh, while Scroll.in and other reports describe the overall reduction as close to one crore.
Across coverage, outlets frame the SIR as a state-level clean-up of the roll and note that many removals relate to voters being permanently shifted. Times of India adds further detail, including how many voters were marked as permanently shifted, the share removed (over 20%), and additional activity during the process such as applications and requests for corrections. India Today largely repeats the headline figures, while The Hindu focuses on the number of names struck off and the resulting electorate size.
Although the headline numbers broadly match, some outlets differ in the exact phrasing of the starting electorate and the final count, and Times of India includes demographic and procedural elements not foregrounded elsewhere.
