Sanathnagar Tops Telangana in Uncollectable Electoral Forms Under SIR

Greater Hyderabad constituencies dominate Telangana's top 10 list for the highest percentage of uncollectable enumeration forms under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with Sanathnagar in Hyderabad topping the state at 45.6 percent. According to the latest SIR report, around 1.1 lakh forms were classified as uncollectable in Sanathnagar, followed by Musheerabad at 45.3 percent (1.3 lakh) and Jubilee Hills at 44.4 percent (1.8 lakh).

Nine of the top 10 constituencies recorded around four in every 10 electors' forms as uncollectable, well above the state average of 20.9 percent. Overall, six of these top 10 seats belong to Hyderabad district, three to Rangareddy, and one to Medchal-Malkajgiri. In absolute numbers, LB Nagar logged the highest tally at 2.64 lakh uncollectable forms, followed by Rajendranagar at 2.48 lakh, Maheswaram at 2.34 lakh, and Uppal at 2.19 lakh.

Electoral Registration Officers attributed the high figures to several key factors, including Andhra-origin residents choosing to retain their votes in their home state, migrant workers enrolling in native districts, families relocating to 2BHK housing, deaths, and duplicate entries. Jubilee Hills ERO A Suresh said localities such as Madhuranagar, Vengal Rao Nagar, Moti Nagar, and Krishna Nagar Colony have significant populations of Andhra settlers and film workers who opted to submit their forms in Andhra Pradesh rather than locally.

Relocation under the government's 2BHK housing scheme also spurred large shifts out of core city areas. In Jubilee Hills, about 4,000 families from Borabanda moved or are moving to Kollur, shifting roughly 15,000 to 16,000 voters. In Khairatabad, ERO N Shankar Nalupa Raju reported that around 3,500 slum families from Banjara Hills relocated to Kollur 2BHK units, accounting for about 10,000 voters. Khairatabad also registered around 7,000 deaths and 4,000 duplicate records.

In peripheral and industrial sectors, Rajendranagar ERO S Srinivas Reddy noted poor response rates in gated communities across Narsingi, Gandipet, Manikonda, Puppalaguda, and Neknampur, along with uncollected forms among industrial workers in Kattedan originating from Bihar, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh. In Goshamahal, ERO G Uma Prakash cited mapping challenges and uncollected forms among residents with links to Rajasthan, Bihar, Odisha, and Maharashtra in areas such as Begum Bazar and Dhoolpet.