Articles by PG Bhat

Over 13000 voters with more than one wife and close to a hundred above the age of 120 – data extracted from the most recent voter lists released on 28th January reveal gross inaccuracies!

The Chief Electoral Officer has published a new set of voters’ lists for Bangalore on 28th January, 2013, but lakhs of legitimate voters are yet to find a place in the rolls

Election Commission has accepted almost 10 lakh new applications, identified about 12 lakh errors and deleted 65,000 duplicate records. That’s encouraging, but…

The CEO of Karnataka disagreed with allegations that 30% of voter names were removed from the rolls in Basavanagudi. He is right – the deletions were close to 36.36%. He said “over 53,000 names” were added to the rolls – right again! 3,99,299 voters were added.

With over one million names deleted from the rolls of Bangalore districts alone, why is the onus on citizens to check if their name is on the rolls.

If you have voted in previous elections, have a voter ID card, and have not shifted your residence, still your name may have been deleted from the electoral rolls. Please verify and restore your name if deleted.

The citizen needs to see the advantages of voting outweigh the disadvantages! Part 2 of a series of articles on the status of electoral rolls and what we can do to improve it.

Voter turnout is based on the number of voters enrolled. When the quality and completeness of electoral roll itself is suspect, what does it mean? Part 1 of a series of articles on the status of electoral rolls and what we can do to improve it.