Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Telangana SIR Flags 62% of Notified Voters Over Discrepancies
Telangana is checking its voter list through a process called a special intensive revision, or SIR.
Many voters have received notices because some information in their records does not match other records.
More than 58 lakh people were affected by two major types of possible problems.
The biggest problem was that some voters could not be matched with the previous voter list.
Another large group had a mismatch in their parents’ names.
Some records also showed unusual age differences or family details.
Notices were especially common in several constituencies around Hyderabad.
The Sabar Institute studied data downloaded from the Telangana election website.
It also reported that Muslims were named in notices somewhat more often than their share of the electorate.
More than 58 lakh of Telangana’s 92.85 lakh notified voters were flagged for two major discrepancies.
The largest category was “unmapped with Last SIR,” involving 32.4 lakh voters.
About 26 lakh voters were flagged for mismatches involving their parents’ names.
Quthbullapur had the highest notice rate among Assembly constituencies, at 66.6%, followed by Kukatpally at 65.4%.
The Sabar Institute said 14.16% of notices named Muslims, compared with 13.38% of the electorate.
- Who
- More than 58 lakh Telangana voters received notices, according to a study by the Sabar Institute.
- What
- Voters were flagged during a special intensive revision of the electoral roll because of logical discrepancies in their records.
- When
- During the ongoing special intensive revision; the articles do not provide a specific date.
- Where
- Telangana, particularly several constituencies around Hyderabad.
- Why
- The notices were issued because voter records showed discrepancies such as being unmapped with the previous SIR or having mismatched parents’ names.
- Voters receiving notices
- 92.85 lakh in the Telangana draft-roll process
- Share receiving notices
- 62% of the 92.85 lakh voters cited in the study
- Unmapped with Last SIR
- 32.4 lakh voters
- Parents’ name mismatch
- 26 lakh voters
- Highest constituency rate
- Quthbullapur: 66.6%
- Second-highest constituency rate
- Kukatpally: 65.4%
- Statewide draft-roll notice rate
- 31.3% of approximately 2.96 crore voters
- Data coverage
- Polling-station discrepancy PDFs were available for 36,169 of 36,353 stations