The Chief Electoral Officer in Karnataka Manoj Kumar Meena today informed that 16,04,285 voters were added to the electoral roll after the final electoral roll was published on January 5, 2023. He said that the total electorate in the state now stands at 5,31,33,054. Among these, the number of young voters between the age of 18 and 19 is 11,71,558. The people with disability (PWD) voters are 5,71,281 and 80-plus aged voters are 12,15,920. The number of polling stations has gone up from 58282 to 58,545. Due to these additions to the electoral roll, the EP ratio, that is Electorate to Population ratio, has gone up to 70.17 percent, and the gender ratio to 989. The State CEO has further informed that 37,94,517 EPIC voters cards are distributed to the eligible voters and the EPIC coverage in the state is 100 percent. He said that the voter slips to the enrolled voters will be distributed 10 days before the date of the poll.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports that for the first time in Indian Electoral history, 80,250 voters who are above the age of 80 and 19,279 voters with a disability will vote from home for the Karnataka Assembly election. The Chief Electoral Officer in Karnataka, Manoj Kumar Meena informed media persons in Bengaluru today that for the first time, 80-plus aged people and people with disability can vote from home. The voting for them will be arranged between April 29th and May 6th before the actual election takes place on May 10th.  <br />''<br />''A temporary polling unit will be set up at their home and two polling personnel, one police personnel, and a videographer will visit them on the designated day. The Observers and the candidates in that respective constituency will also be informed about this postal ballot at home. The entire exercise, except the voting, will be video graphed. Apart from 80-plus voters and People with disability voters, the postal ballot will be available to Service voters and others who come under the category of Essential Services. There are 13,771 such persons who will cast postal ballots.</span>