Archive · 30 Jul 2026
Telangana Voter Roll Faces 50 Lakh Deletions by August 3
In Telangana, the draft voter list has more than 44 lakh people marked as absent, shifted, dead, or duplicate.
Officials say this could rise to over 50 lakh by the August 3 deadline.
Many of those marked for deletion have moved to other states and want to vote there, which could mean they lose the right to vote in Telangana.
Some people, like a BJP leader, say that booth workers uploaded blank forms to make it look like they had finished digitising the list.
The election commission is doing a special review to check the list before the deadline.
Draft voter roll in Telangana has over 44 lakh voters marked as ASDD, expected to exceed 50 lakh by August 3.
More than half of these voters have moved to new residences, and up to 4 lakh have died.
Officials say many deletions involve migrants from Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar who prefer voting in their home states.
BJP and some local officials allege that booth-level officers prematurely uploaded blank enumeration forms to inflate digitisation metrics.
The election commission is conducting a special intensive revision (SIR-2026) to verify and possibly correct the draft roll before the deadline.
- Who
- Poll officials, election commission, BJP, local volunteers
- What
- Deletion of voters from draft roll due to ASDD status
- When
- By August 3, 2026
- Where
- Telangana state, Hyderabad, Chandrayangutta, Kishanbagh
- Why
- To clean the roll and remove outdated entries, but concerns about premature deletion and malpractice
- Draft voter roll ASDD voters
- 44 lakh (expected >50 lakh)
- Deadline for enumeration forms
- August 3, 2026
- Digitisation completion
- 76.72% statewide, 55.57% Hyderabad
- SIR exercise
- SIR-2026
- Key concerns
- premature deletion, alleged malpractice