Women Account for 47.8% of 19.41 Lakh Electors Deleted in Hyderabad

Women accounted for 47.8% of the 19,41,444 electors deleted across Hyderabad during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, with the highest proportions of female voter removals recorded in Assembly segments including Bahadurpura, Chandrayangutta, Karwan, Yakutpura, Malakpet, and Nampally.

A preliminary analysis of official SIR data from 15 Assembly constituencies by the SABAR Institute revealed that the six constituencies with the highest share of deleted women voters are all represented by the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). Five of the segments fall under the Hyderabad parliamentary constituency, while Nampally is part of the Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency.

In Bahadurpura, women made up 51.8% of total deletions, accounting for 62,885 of the 1,21,350 removed names. Chandrayangutta recorded 76,099 women among 1,48,869 deletions, or 51.1%. In Karwan, 69,391 of the 1,41,766 deleted electors were women (48.9%). Yakutpura saw 75,319 women removed out of 1,54,982 deletions (48.6%), while Malakpet recorded 71,644 women out of 1,47,799 deletions (48.5%). In Nampally, women accounted for 65,212 of the 1,37,126 names removed, or 47.6%.

Across the city, Jubilee Hills recorded the highest overall number of deletions at 1,79,510, followed by Yakutpura with 1,54,982, Chandrayangutta with 1,48,869, Malakpet with 1,47,799, Karwan with 1,41,766, Musheerabad with 1,40,070, and Nampally with 1,37,126.

The report stated that women constituted 50.2% of removals categorised under 'Untraceable/Absent' and 40.9% of those listed as 'Death'. Permanent shifting accounted for 69.6% of deletions among women and 69.0% among men. In Malakpet and Yakutpura, researchers Ashin Chakraborty and Souptik Halder noted that the total number of deleted elector names surpassed the total number of votes cast.

The study also found that Muslim-classified electors accounted for 40.7% of the total deletions across Hyderabad, reaching 85.9% in Bahadurpura, 72.4% in Chandrayangutta, and 62.4% in Charminar. Sabir Ahamed, lead researcher at the SABAR Institute, clarified that the Election Commission of India does not maintain religion-wise data and that the study could not establish deliberate targeting of any community.