Karnataka’s chief electoral office says multiple voter IDs and duplicate Elector Photo Identity Cards (EPICs) were generated for the same individuals during the special summary revision (SIR), with issues reported in Mahadevapura.
Across outlets, the reported concerns include cases where a single person ends up with more than one EPIC number and where the same EPIC number appears in the final electoral rolls for two different assembly constituencies. The reporting is closely tied to Mahadevapura, where earlier “vote chori” allegations surfaced around the 2024 election. Scroll.in and multiple items from The Hindu focus on the scale of the duplication in that constituency, while Times of India adds details about how the process may allow multiple submissions and about address changes leaving names listed in both old and new constituencies.
While the outlets largely agree on the existence of duplicates and the nature of the errors (multiple EPICs per person; the same EPIC in multiple constituencies), they differ on how much process detail is provided and whether figures and timelines for corrections are specified.
