Telangana Releases Deleted Voter List, Hyderabad Tops Deletions
Jubilee Hills Records Highest Voter Deletions Among Hyderabad Constituencies
- Telangana Chief Electoral Officer C Sudharsan Reddy has released the list of voters deleted from the state’s electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
- The draft electoral roll shows 73,39,235 voters deleted across Telangana, reducing the state’s electorate by 21.70 per cent.
- Telangana had 3,38,26,448 voters as of June 10, 2026. The figure has now fallen to 2,64,87,213 in the draft roll.
- Hyderabad recorded the highest number of deletions, with 19,41,444 voters removed from the electoral list.
- Ranga Reddy district recorded the second-highest number of deletions at 12,87,091, followed by Medchal-Malkajgiri with 10,71,566.
- The largest category of deletions involved voters marked as “permanently shifted”, accounting for 45,18,963 names.
- Another 11,25,546 voters were removed after being classified as “untraceable/absent”, while 9,22,229 deletions were attributed to deaths.
- Around 6,70,203 voters were deleted because they were already enrolled in other constituencies. Another 1,02,294 names were removed under other reasons.
- Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri recorded the lowest number of deletions among Telangana districts, with 26,121 voters removed.
- Within Hyderabad, Jubilee Hills recorded the highest number of deletions, with 1,79,510 names removed from the draft roll.
- Yakutpura followed Jubilee Hills with 1,54,982 deletions, while Charminar recorded the lowest number among the city constituencies at 94,174.
- In percentage terms, Musheerabad witnessed the highest deletion rate, with 45.17 per cent of its voters removed.
- Malakpet recorded the second-highest percentage deletion at 44.76 per cent, while Bahadurpura had the lowest percentage among the Hyderabad constituencies at 34.57 per cent.
- The large-scale deletion exercise has drawn attention because the removal of voters could affect eligible citizens if their names have been incorrectly classified as shifted, absent or otherwise ineligible.
- Officials maintain that the revision is intended to clean up electoral rolls by removing duplicate entries, deceased voters and people who have permanently moved away.
- However, migrant workers, daily wage earners, students and residents of informal settlements could face difficulties if their details were incorrectly marked during the verification process.
- Voters whose names have been wrongly deleted can participate in the claims and objections process and submit Form 6 to seek restoration of their names.
- Citizens are being urged to check the draft electoral rolls carefully and immediately raise objections if their names are missing or their details have been incorrectly categorised.
- The released figures are not necessarily final, as eligible voters can still approach election authorities during the claims and objections period.
- The next stage will focus on examining applications and objections before the final electoral rolls are prepared.
- With Hyderabad accounting for the largest share of deletions, the SIR exercise is expected to remain a major issue for voters, political parties and election authorities.
- The revision has highlighted the challenge of balancing accurate electoral records with the need to protect every eligible citizen’s right to vote.