High Migration from Rayalaseema Districts in AP

Many people from the Rayalaseema districts in Andhra Pradesh, like Kadapa, Kurnool, and Nandyal, are moving to other places for better jobs and livelihoods.

These districts have the highest number of people migrating in the state.

Most of these migrants go to cities like Vijayawada, Guntur, Nellore, Visakhapatnam, and some even move to Bengaluru and Bellary in Karnataka.

The main reasons for this migration are the lack of jobs and poor rainfall in their home districts.

Even though they move away, they still keep their voting rights in their home districts and often return for festivals or elections.

However, this migration is causing problems for updating voter records, and many people might lose their voting rights if they don't respond to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.

Officials have also found many duplicate entries and deaths in the voter rolls, which could lead to nearly 1.5 lakh votes being removed from each district's electoral rolls.