Archive · 1 Sep 2026
Anantapur Leads State in SIR-2026 Voter Enumeration
Anantapur district is checking its voter list for the 2026 elections.
Officials gave voter forms to everyone listed in the district.
They have entered nearly 88 per cent of the completed forms into a computer system.
Some forms could not be collected because people were absent, had moved away, had died or appeared more than once.
Officials will check these cases before removing names from the draft list.
Anantapur was ranked first in the State for distributing all forms and completing door-to-door surveys.
Political parties and election workers were asked to work together to find mistakes.
Officials are also planning to adjust polling stations to make them easier for people to reach.
Enumeration forms were distributed to all 20,38,523 voters across Anantapur district’s eight constituencies.
Officials said 17,90,436 forms, or 87.83 per cent, have been digitised.
A total of 2,48,087 forms were classified as uncollectable because of absence, migration, death or duplicate entries.
Anantapur achieved complete form distribution and a 100 per cent door-to-door survey by Booth Level Officers.
Draft-roll publication, notices, objections and inquiries will proceed under legal and Election Commission procedures.
- Who
- District Electoral Roll Observer GC Kishore Kumar, Collector and District Election Officer O Anand, election officials, political parties, BLOs and voters were involved.
- What
- The district is conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR-2026) of electoral rolls and has digitised 87.83 per cent of enumeration forms.
- When
- The review meeting was held on Monday; subsequent draft-roll and objection processes will follow on schedule.
- Where
- The exercise covers Anantapur district’s eight constituencies and was reviewed at the Anantapur Collectorate.
- Why
- The revision aims to prepare an accurate electoral roll by checking voter records and addressing absent, migrated, deceased or duplicate entries.
- District position
- Anantapur secured the top position in the State for complete form distribution and 100 per cent door-to-door survey.
- Voters covered
- 20,38,523 voters received enumeration forms.
- Forms digitised
- 17,90,436 forms, representing 87.83 per cent, have been digitised.
- Uncollectable forms
- 2,48,087 forms were classified as uncollectable.
- Constituencies
- The exercise covers eight constituencies.
- Election personnel
- The district appointed 46 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers and 93 Booth Level Officers.
- Next steps
- Draft-roll publication, notice distribution and objection inquiries will be conducted before eligible changes are finalised.