India, Oct. 28 -- Karnataka's electorate has fallen from 5.54 crore to 4.55 crore after the Election Commission removed 99.32 lakh names from the state's final voter list, published Tuesday, October 27, following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The final list has about 2.29 crore women and 2.25 crore men, so women outnumber men among registered voters. It also includes more than 6.83 lakh voters in the 18-19 age group and 2,841 third-gender voters, according to the revised figures.

The scale of the reduction has prompted questions about how the exercise was conducted, why the names were deleted and what it means for voters across the state.

The revision began June 30. Booth Level Officers (BLOs) went door to do...