Over 50,000 Old City electors flagged as ‘anomalies’ in core Hyderabad as SIR moves into high gear
Over 50,000 electors across Hyderabad’s assembly constituencies, which are considered part of Old City, have been flagged as “anomalies” in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision
Over 50,000 electors across Hyderabad’s assembly constituencies, which are considered part of Old City, have been flagged as “anomalies” in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, according to data available till July 9. Among the eight densely populated Old City constituencies, Chandrayangutta reported the highest number of anomalies at 13,267, accounting for 3.52% of its electorate. Nampally followed with 8,490 (2.45%), Bahadurpura with 6,771 (1.93%), Karwan with 6,039 (1.58%), Yakutpura with 5,113 (1.36%), Malakpet with 4,672 (1.41%), Charminar with 3,428 (1.44%) and Goshamahal with 2,340 (0.85%).
The verification exercise has also been most extensive in Chandrayangutta, where booth level officers verified 32,746 enumeration forms. Nampally recorded 19,023 verified forms, followed by Karwan (11,158), Yakutpura (6,604), Bahadurpura (5,788), Malakpet (5,726), Charminar (4,707) and Goshamahal (4,571). Outside the Old City, the remaining seven Assembly constituencies together accounted for 18,234 anomalies, taking Hyderabad district’s total to 68,354. Jubilee Hills topped this group with 6,590 anomalies, followed by Khairatabad (3,049), Amberpet (2,274), Secunderabad (1,915), Sanathnagar (1,667), Musheerabad (1,413) and Secunderabad Cantonment (1,326).
The eight Old City constituencies — Malakpet, Nampally, Karwan, Goshamahal, Charminar, Chandrayangutta, Yakutpura and Bahadurpura — together have an electorate of 26,75,283. The remaining seven constituencies — Musheerabad, Amberpet, Khairatabad, Jubilee Hills, Sanathnagar, Secunderabad and Secunderabad Cantonment — account for another 20,61,386 electors, taking Hyderabad district’s total electorate to 47,36,669. In a recent interview with The Hindu, Telangana Chief Electoral Officer C. Sudharshan Reddy said the number of anomalies identified across the State could exceed one crore.
Seeking to reassure voters, he noted that even his own name appears differently across official documents and said adequate staff had been deployed to address discrepancies during the revision process.
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