Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Hyderabad Deleted Voters Challenge SIR and Demand Restoration
Some people in Hyderabad found that their names had been removed from the voter list.
They spoke about this at a public hearing held by the Telangana Voter Rights Forum.
Many said they still lived in the area and had not received a form from election workers.
Some names were marked as belonging to people who had died, moved away, or could not be found.
The residents asked officials to put their names back without making them apply again.
In Musheerabad, official figures showed many voters had been deleted.
Volunteers also checked neighborhoods and said many homes had not been visited.
The article does not include a response from election officials.
Voters removed from the electoral roll described their complaints at a public hearing organized by the Telangana Voter Rights Forum.
Residents of Musheerabad challenged the Election Commission of India’s revision process and asked for their names to be restored without filing Form-6.
Official data cited in the article showed 1,40,070 of Musheerabad’s 3,10,116 voters had been deleted as of June 10.
Voters said their names were marked as dead, untraceable, or shifted, and some said they had not received enumeration forms.
A volunteer audit across 78 polling booths found that many homes had reportedly not been visited by booth-level officers.
- Who
- Voters removed from the electoral roll and their family members in Musheerabad, Hyderabad.
- What
- They described their cases at a public hearing and demanded restoration of their names without mandatory Form-6 applications.
- When
- The public hearing took place on Sunday; the article gives no calendar date. The cited voter figures are as of June 10.
- Where
- Musheerabad Assembly constituency, Hyderabad district, Telangana.
- Why
- They disputed being classified as absent, shifted, dead, or duplicate voters and said some had not received enumeration forms.
- Hearing organizer
- Telangana Voter Rights Forum (TVRF)
- Constituency
- Musheerabad Assembly constituency
- Voters as of June 10
- 3,10,116
- Deleted voters as of June 10
- 1,40,070
- Deletion share cited
- 45.17% in Musheerabad, compared with a Hyderabad city average of 40.99%
- Volunteer audit
- 1,829 voters verified across 78 polling booths after work began at booths 94 and 95
- Reasons for deletion described
- Absent or untraceable, shifted, or dead