Archive · 11 Aug 2026
High Uncollectable Enumeration Forms Reported in Electoral Roll Revision
The government keeps a big list of everyone who is allowed to vote in elections.
This list is called the electoral roll.
Recently, officials tried to update the list during a special drive called the Special Intensive Revision.
The drive ended on Monday, which was the last day for people to ask to be added to the list.
However, many of the forms used for this drive could not be collected or completed.
Officials call these Uncollectable Enumeration Forms.
This can happen when a voter has died, moved away, cannot be found, or is already on the list.
In Mancherial Assembly constituency, nearly 23 out of every 100 forms were uncollectable.
Some tribal families called Kolam Adivasis had trouble finding their old voting details from 2002.
Officials are now tracking these problems to make the voter list more accurate.
A considerable number of Uncollectable Enumeration Forms (UEFs) were reported in Mancherial, Adilabad and Kumaram Bheem districts during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
The SIR exercise ended on Monday, the last date for applying for inclusion of names in the electoral roll.
UEFs cover deceased, untraceable or absent voters, those who have permanently shifted, and those already enrolled.
Mancherial Assembly constituency reported the highest share at 23.18 per cent, with 65,660 UEFs out of 2,83,299 forms.
Kolam Adivasis, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), faced difficulties tracing their voting details from the 2002 electoral rolls and submitting forms to Booth Level Officers in Boath constituency.
- Who
- Officials conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, voters in Adilabad, Mancherial and Kumaram Bheem districts, and Kolam Adivasis in Boath constituency.
- What
- A high number of Uncollectable Enumeration Forms (UEFs) were reported during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), an exercise to update electoral rolls.
- When
- The SIR exercise ended on Monday, the last date for applying for inclusion of names in the electoral roll.
- Where
- Adilabad, Mancherial and Kumaram Bheem districts, including the Sirpur (T), Asifabad, Mancherial, Boath and Adilabad Assembly constituencies.
- Why
- Forms were uncollectable because voters had died, were untraceable or absent, had permanently shifted, or were already enrolled; Kolam Adivasis also struggled with outdated 2002 voting records.
- Event
- Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls
- Deadline
- Ended Monday; last date for applying for inclusion of names in the electoral roll
- UEF definition
- Deceased, untraceable or absent voters; permanently shifted; already enrolled
- Sirpur (T) constituency
- 24,959 UEFs of 2,28,916 forms (10.90%)
- Asifabad constituency
- 23,201 UEFs of 2,26,680 forms (10.24%)
- Mancherial constituency
- 65,660 UEFs of 2,83,299 forms (23.18%)
- Boath constituency
- 23,517 UEFs of 2,16,391 forms
- Adilabad district
- 63,417 UEFs of 4,66,784 forms; Adilabad Assembly constituency: 39,893 UEFs of 2,50,393 forms