Overview
- Ward-wise draft electoral rolls for all 369 wards were published on January 19 as part of a Special Intensive Revision, with house-to-house verification planned.
- Claims and objections are open from January 20 to February 3, will be disposed of from February 4 to 18, and final rolls are due on March 16.
- Voting is planned after school examinations conclude, and the polls must be completed by the Supreme Court’s June 30 deadline.
- The Greater Bengaluru Authority covers five municipal corporations—Central, North, South, East and West—with 8,891,411 electors in the draft rolls.
- The move follows a state cabinet recommendation and has drawn political disagreement, with Congress figures raising EVM trust concerns and the BJP opposing a switch to paper ballots.