73 lakh names deleted from Telangana voter list, Hyderabad highest
Hyderabad’s voter list saw 19,41,444 names deleted, marking the highest number of removals across Telangana during the revision.
Key numbers at a glance:
- Total voters removed statewide : 73 lakh across all Telangana districts
- Hyderabad district : 19,41,444 deletions — highest in the state
- 1,56,392 deceased
- 2,99,850 untraceable
- 13,45,333 permanently shifted
- 99,264 duplicate enrolments
- 40,605 removed for other reasons
- Highest deletion by constituency : Malakpet (1,47,779)
- Second highest : Musheerabad (1,40,070)
- Lowest deletion by constituency : Charminar (94,174)
- Highest deletion percentage : Musheerabad (45.17%)
- Second highest percentage : Malakpet (44.76%)
- Lowest deletion percentage : Bahadurpura (34.57%)
- Ranga Reddy district : 12,87,091 deletions — second highest among districts
- Medchal-Malkajgiri : 10,71,566 deletions (35.97% of total electors)
- Lowest district-level deletion : Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri (26,121)
- Correction window : Affected voters can reapply using FORM 6 during the Claims and Objections period Telangana’s voter list shrinks by 73 lakh as Special Intensive Revision continues
Telangana’s electoral rolls have taken a significant hit as the state-wide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise continues, with 73 lakh voters wiped from the list across every district, Hyderabad included. This isn’t a random purge — each removed name falls under one of four specific categories, grouped under the acronym ASDD, which stands for Absent, Shifted, Duplication, and Death.
Hyderabad sees the steepest cut, losing 19 lakh voters
Of all the districts in Telangana, Hyderabad has been hit hardest by the exercise, shedding 19,41,444 names from its voter rolls — the single largest drop anywhere in the state. Breaking that number down, 1,56,392 people were found to have passed away, while 2,99,850 simply couldn’t be located or traced. A much bigger chunk, 13,45,333 individuals, had permanently relocated elsewhere. On top of that, 99,264 names turned out to be duplicate entries already enrolled elsewhere, and another 40,605 were removed for assorted other reasons not covered by the main categories.
Zooming into individual constituencies within Hyderabad, Malakpet recorded the sharpest decline, losing 1,47,779 voters — more than any other constituency in the district. Musheerabad wasn’t far behind, with 1,40,070 names removed. At the other end of the spectrum, Charminar saw the smallest reduction, losing 94,174 voters, still a substantial figure but the lowest relative to its peers in the city.
Looking at things proportionally rather than in raw numbers tells a slightly different story. Musheerabad actually posted the highest deletion rate of any constituency, at 45.17 per cent of its voter base. Malakpet followed closely with a 44.76 per cent drop. Bahadurpura, meanwhile, recorded the gentlest decline percentage-wise, at 34.57 per cent — suggesting that while its raw numbers weren’t the smallest, its overall voter base held up comparatively better.
Ranga Reddy loses nearly 13 lakh voters
Beyond Hyderabad, the district-level picture shows a similar pattern of large-scale deletions. Ranga Reddy came in second after Hyderabad, losing 12,87,091 voters from its rolls. Medchal-Malkajgiri wasn’t too far behind either, recording 10,71,566 deletions — a figure that works out to roughly 35.97 per cent of the district’s total electorate before the SIR process began.
Not every district saw deletions on this scale, though. Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri stood out as the district with the smallest number of removals by far, with just 26,121 voters taken off the list — a fraction of what was seen in Hyderabad or Ranga Reddy.
Importantly, none of these numbers are necessarily final. The SIR process includes a ‘Claims and Objections’ window, during which anyone who feels they were wrongly removed from the voter list can take action to get reinstated. All they need to do is file ‘FORM 6,’ the designated form for re-registering as a voter, meaning the final tally of deletions could shift somewhat once this correction period plays out.