Hyderabad, adjoining ACs drive Telangana’s record SIR deletions
Telangana has recorded a 21.7% deletion rate in its electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision process, the highest in India. Most of these deletions occurred in highly urbanized areas like Hyderabad and Secunderabad, primarily due to voters shifting residences.
Why it matters
High rates of electoral roll deletions in urban centers raise questions about voter registration accuracy and the integrity of democratic processes in rapidly growing cities.
At the end of the enumeration period of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Telangana, the State registered a 21.7% deletion of names from its pre-SIR electoral rolls, the highest in the country so far. The table below shows the percentage of deletions in the major States where the SIR has been undertaken. The draft electoral roll in Telangana will see the addition and re-entry of electors following the corrections period, but even taking that into account, the 21.7% figure is a rather large one. Only Uttar Pradesh with 18.7%, Tamil Nadu with 15.2%, and Gujarat with 14.5% come close to Telangana in the draft-stage deletion rate.
The report relies on statistical data and official electoral figures to describe a administrative process.
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