Hyderabad, Oct. 15: More than 6.70 lakh electors in Telangana missed their scheduled hearings under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Another 15,281 voters failed to attend their rescheduled hearings, according to Telangana Chief Electoral Officer data.
As of Tuesday, hearing dates had lapsed for 6,70,299 electors. Hyderabad recorded the highest number at 1,50,260, followed by Rangareddy with 1,02,182 and Medchal-Malkajgiri with 78,301.
Hanamkonda reported the highest number of missed rescheduled hearings, with 5,092 electors failing to attend. Nizamabad recorded 2,572 cases, Hyderabad 1,942, Rangareddy 1,155 and Medchal-Malkajgiri 1,014.
Telangana SIR Hearings and Electoral Roll Updates
Before the SIR exercise, Telangana had 3,38,26,448 registered voters. During enumeration, 2,64,87,213 electors submitted forms, while 73,39,235 were categorised as Absent, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate (ASDD).
The Election Commission of India flagged logical discrepancies and missing mapping with the SIR 2002 list for 92,88,188 electors. It generated 92,88,187 notices seeking document verification before inclusion in the final electoral roll.
Of these notices, 92,44,446 were delivered. Hearings have been completed for 86,02,606 electors, while 78,87,352 have been marked for inclusion in the final voter list.
In Medchal-Malkajgiri, 9,07,405 of the 10,71,566 electors flagged for missing mapping with the SIR 2002 list were marked for inclusion. Hyderabad had 19,41,444 unmapped voters, of whom 4,39,151 were marked for inclusion. Rangareddy recorded 12,87,091 unmapped voters, with 5,35,467 marked for inclusion.
Electors who receive notices must respond by November 5 to retain their voting rights. Those who fail to attend hearings before the deadline will be categorised under ASDD, and their names will be excluded from the final electoral rolls scheduled for publication on November 9.
People excluded from the final rolls, along with young citizens who have turned 18, can submit Form 6 to seek inclusion in the electoral roll.
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