This report looks at the urban centre of Thiruvananthapuram City and highlights aspects around the Booth Level Officer (BLO), a crucial cog in the voter list management machinery as well as issues on the voter list itself. This work is part of a series of research studies undertaken by Janaagraha, designed to quantify errors on voter lists and examine the reasons which feed into such errors; The analysis of Thiruvananthapuram City starts by looking at the availability and quality of BLO information, followed by an examination of access to BLOs and the quality of their assistance. This leads finally into voter list errors and consideration for systemic solutions.

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