EC Receives 84,900 Voter Deletion Applications via Form 7 in Karnataka

More than 43.43 lakh notices have been delivered to electors so far as part of the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls, while the EC has received 84,900 Form 7 applications till October 1, the CEO's office said on Friday.

Of the 84,900 Form 7 applications received between June 16 and October 1, none was filed as an objection to the proposed inclusion of a name, it said. Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer V Anbukkumar on Thursday directed election officials to initiate action against applicants found to have knowingly made false statements or



declarations in electoral forms, following allegations of bulk filing of Form 7 applications seeking deletion of eligible voters' names.

The development came hours after Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, along with his Cabinet colleagues and MLAs, staged a sit-in outside the CEO's office, demanding an FIR and an inquiry into the alleged misuse of Form 7 during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision. Form 7 is used to file an objection to the proposed inclusion of a name in an electoral roll or seek deletion of a name from the existing roll.