Special Intensive Revision Flags Over 1 Crore Voters for Exclusion in Draft Electoral Rolls
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across Karnataka, Delhi, and Telangana has identified over 1.08 crore voters in Karnataka and approximately 47.7 lakh in Delhi as potentially excluded from draft rolls due to categories like Absent, Shifted, Duplicate, Dead, and Others (ASDDO). The process, involving door-to-door enumeration and digitisation, faced challenges including low form submissions, voter confusion, and administrative inconsistencies. Affected voters can file claims and objections between August 24 and September 23 before final rolls are published. Civil society groups have raised concerns about the exclusion of shifted voters and called for process extensions.
First-hand measurement across 15 sources
We measured how 15 outlets covered this story. Coverage leans balanced overall (Left 0%, Centre 100%, Right 0%). Overall sentiment is neutral (46/100). Lens Score 44/100.
Outlets measured: indiatoday, freepressjournal, news18, thehindu, thehindu, indiatoday, indianexpress, ndtv, and 7 more. See how each one headlined and framed the same story in the source comparison below.
AI Analysis
All 4 outlets scored close to centre on political lean. The real divergence here is in emphasis, not lean — compare the headlines below to see how each outlet chose to frame the same facts.
Sentiment was consistent across outlets (45–50/100), indicating broadly factual reporting rather than editorialising.
Coverage timeline
indianexpress broke this story on 17 Aug, 11:53 pm. Other outlets followed.