Over 73.50 lakh voters in T'gana face deletion

Over 73.50 lakh voters face the risk of deletion from the electoral rolls in Telangana during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) as the deadline for submitting enumeration forms ended on Monday.

According to the status report released by the Chief Electoral Officer on Monday evening, out of 3.3826,448 voters, 2,64,73,616 submitted their enumeration forms.

The remaining 73,52,832 voters were found Absent, Shifted or Dead (ASD). The enumeration forms relating to these electors were reported as uncollectible.

While the digitisation of enumeration forms across the state stands at 78.26 per cent, Hyderabad recorded the lowest digitisation at 58.89 per cent.

Out of 47,36,669 electors in Hyderabad, digitisation of enumeration forms of only 27,89,214 voters has been completed. As many as 19.47 lakh voters in the state capital face deletion.

Yadadri Bhongiri district has completed 94.31 per cent of the digitisation and stood top among 33 districts in Telangana.

The draft rolls will be published on August 17. The period of filing claims and objections will now be from August 17 to September 16.

The notice phase (disposal of claims and objections) will be from August 17 to October 15. The final publication of rolls is scheduled for October 19.

In neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, nearly 45 lakh voters have been deleted from the roll as the Election Commission on July 31 published the draft voter list following the SIR.

According to the Chief Electoral Officer, deleted names include 22.30 lakh who had permanently shifted or were found absent. Names of as many as 15.22 lakh deceased have also been deleted, while 7.37 lakh voters were found enrolled at multiple places.

Out of 4,16,27,694 electors, a total of 3,71,38,182 electors submitted their enumeration forms. BLOs did not find the remaining electors (44.89 lakh) or did not get back their enumeration forms because they became electors in other states or were not found in existence, or did not submit the form till July 24, or were not willing to register as an elector for some reason or other.