Kunjannam of Thrissur district in Kerala, who died at the age of 112 in March, had her name in the latest Limca Book of Records as the oldest living woman in India. But the revised voters' list published by the Election Commission of India for the August 22 BBMP election seems to have broken all records in terms of bloopers. Going by the list, Bengaluru alone has more than 40 citizens aged 120 years or above! While over 500 male voters have partners with the name `husband', 67,000 voters have their names in the list but no electoral photo identity card (EPIC) numbers.

PG Bhat, electoral reforms activist, who has analyzed the revised list, pointed out the gender of couple Krishna and Sumathi has been reversed in their voter identity card.

"Citing this, poll officials may prevent them from voting. This wrong information will also trouble them when they submit their voter ID as a proof for various transactions," he said.

According to him, many deleted names are still in the fresh list. "As per the list, there are about 70,50,000 voters across 198 wards in the BBMP limits. The chief electoral officer (CEO), Karnataka, has said they have deleted 58,110 names during revision of the list. Strangely, many of these names are traceable in the list updated on the BBMP website. And this is an online forum wherein BBMP is asking citizens to check and verify their voter details," he added.

Prathima KJ, another activist working on voter awareness, said names of many approved applications are yet to be included in the fresh list, though just two weeks are left for the election.

"I found my name in the list on the CEO website, but it is not there in BBMP's," rued Nikunj BN, a PU student, who registered as a voter from Vijayanagar two months ago.