Former MLA demands probe into ‘abnormal’ rise in voters in 2013-18 in Shivamogga assembly constituency

Former MLA and JD(S) leader K.B. Prasanna Kumar speaking to the media in Shivamogga on Thursday. | Photo Credit: S.K. Dinesh Alleging a conspiracy behind a sudden and abnormal increase in the number of voters in Shivamogga constituency between 2013 and 2018, former MLA and Janata Dal (Secular) leader K.B. Prasanna Kumar has urged the Election Commission to investigate the matter and bring out the truth.Addressing a press conference in Shivamogga on Thursday, Mr. Prasanna Kumar said the number of voters in the constituency stood at 2,15,937 during the 2013 Assembly election, when he won the seat on a Congress ticket. By the 2018 election, the number had risen to 2,56,373 — an “abnormal” increase of 40,436 voters. In the most recent election, held in 2023, the count stood at 2,60,757, a “nor