The Times of India

Karnataka voter roll drops by nearly 1 crore, Gen Z makes up 20% of electorate

The special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Karnataka resulted in a reduction of 99.76 lakh electors. The final electoral rolls revealed a total of 4.55 crore eligible voters by October 27. Women made up a majority of the electorate, surpassing men by 3.7 lakh. Many electors were marked absent, shifted permanently, or marked as dead and duplicates. The Election Commission processed a net addition of 8.