Karnataka SIR: 16 districts, mostly backward, report over 12% voters under ASDDO
Besides Bengaluru, at least 16 districts in Karnataka have over 12% of their voters under the Absent, Shifted, Duplicate, Dead and Others (ASDDO) category. The districts include Koppal, Gadag, Kolar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Dharwad, Kodagu, Mysuru, Vijayapura, Bagalkot, Bidar, Ballari, Davangere, Shivamogga, and Vijayanagar. Notably, most of these very districts also rank among Karnataka’s lowest on the Human Development Index (HDI), according to…