More than 5.25 lakh electors in Telangana have been marked for inclusion in the final electoral rolls without hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri recording the highest district counts, according to data released by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer on Sunday.
Rangareddy had the largest number of electors marked for final inclusion without hearings at 1,17,122, followed by Medchal-Malkajgiri with 1,13,601. Both districts form part of the Hyderabad metropolitan region, where rapid population growth, residential expansion and frequent movement of residents create added administrative challenges for maintaining accurate electoral records.
The data showed that more than 90 per cent of the 92,65,731 electors who received SIR notices had been marked for inclusion in the final rolls. Before the revision began, Telangana had 3,38,26,448 electors. Of these, 2,64,87,213 submitted enumeration forms, while 73,39,235 entries were categorised as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate, collectively referred to as ASDD entries.
The Election Commission of India generated notices for 92,88,188 electors who had submitted enumeration forms but could not be mapped to the 2002 SIR list or had logical discrepancies in their records. These discrepancies included spelling errors in names and differences in age details. By Sunday, 92,65,731 notices had been delivered.
Hearings had been completed for 89,75,562 electors. Of these, 84,03,355 were marked for inclusion in the final publication. The figure comprised 56,86,890 electors whose records contained logical discrepancies and 27,16,465 electors who could not be mapped to the 2002 SIR list.
The process has also recorded cases where hearings were not completed. Hearing dates for 3,02,925 electors had lapsed, while another 9,699 electors who had rescheduled their hearings did not attend. These figures are separate from the electors marked for inclusion without hearings and indicate the scale of follow-up required before the final roll is published.
District Election Officers had verified 34,66,765 applications among the cases taken up for verification. Another 16,534 applications remained pending, including 4,030 that had been awaiting disposal for more than five days. Overall, 2,50,85,204 electors had been marked for addition to the final electoral rolls, while more than 30,000 individuals were found ineligible for inclusion in the final list.
The revision process affects the basic civic record used to determine who can vote and where they can vote. In fast-growing urban districts, changes of residence, duplicate records and differences in documentation can make electoral-roll administration particularly complex, while omissions can prevent eligible residents from participating in elections.
Under the revised schedule, the process of issuing notices and disposing of claims and objections will conclude on November 5. Telangana’s final electoral rolls are scheduled to be published on November 9.
