Telangana Flags 71 Lakh Electors for Deletion as SIR Form Deadline Ends

Nearly 71 lakh electors across Telangana, representing approximately 21 percent of the state's total 3.38 crore electorate, have been identified for deletion from the electoral rolls under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Monday, August 10, marks the final date for the submission of enumeration forms. The highest geographical concentration of flagged entries has been recorded in the Greater Hyderabad metropolitan belt, which encompasses Hyderabad, Medchal-Malkajgiri, and Rangareddy districts.

Chief Electoral Officer of Telangana, C Sudharshan Reddy, stated that all electors who fall under the uncollectable category will be deleted from the electoral rolls. The breakdown of the nearly 71 lakh uncollectable forms reveals that 9.1 lakh electors are officially recorded as dead, 10.3 lakh electors are classified as absent or untraceable, 43 lakh electors are listed as permanently shifted, and 6.6 lakh records have been flagged as duplicate voter entries.

Data gathered ahead of the deadline shows that as of August 9, only 3.2 lakh enumeration forms remained to be digitised. This constitutes less than 1 percent of Telangana's total electorate. Officials noted that the final deletion count could rise once these remaining forms are processed, indicating that at least one in five electors across the state may ultimately be dropped from the official voter lists.

The Greater Hyderabad metropolitan belt has served as the epicentre for uncollectable enumeration forms. The three urban and suburban districts of Hyderabad, Medchal-Malkajgiri, and Rangareddy together account for 41.5 lakh uncollectable forms, which represents nearly 58.6 percent of the state's total 70.8 lakh uncollectable forms.

Urban constituencies throughout the region have recorded particularly high rates of uncollectable forms during the revision process. Election authorities attributed this distinct pattern in urban voter registration to factors such as high tenant mobility, frequent migration, locked residences, limited access within gated communities, deceased voters, and electors who have permanently shifted to new locations without modifying their voter details.