India, April 11 -- In the three districts of Kerala, where the number of absolute voters rose post the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, turnout on Thursday showed a jump in two of them while it remained stagnant in the other.

Kasaragod, Kannur and Malappuram were the only districts in Kerala where the number of absolute voters showed a jump after SIR. In the rest of the 11 districts, the number of electors recorded a decline.

The number of voters in the draft list in October 2025 was 2,78,50,855. It dipped to 2,69,53,644 after the SIR exercise, a decline of 8.97 lakh voters. The highest decline was in Thiruvananthapuram district with 3.21 lakh followed by Ernakulam with 1.83 lakh and Kottayam with 1.12 lakh.

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