India, July 30 -- Karnataka has digitized nearly 77% of the enumeration forms collected under its special revision of electoral rolls, while identifying more than 8.4 million voters for further scrutiny after field verification, with officials classifying them as absent, shifted, deceased, duplicate or falling under other categories, the state's chief electoral officer V Anbukumar said on Wednesday.

Addressing reporters in Bengaluru, Anbukumar said 4,26,75,861 of the 5,54,32,314 enumeration forms distributed across Karnataka had been digitised, taking overall progress to 76.99%.

The verification drive has identified 8.4 million voters under the ASDDO categories. According to the data, 51,74,968 voters were found to have permanently shif...