Hyderabad leads Telangana in voter enrollment drive

Hyderabad emerged as a major contributor to voter enrollment in Telangana, with 4.13 lakh applications submitted for inclusion in the electoral rolls this year.

A total of 4,13,146 first-time and young voters, along with electors whose names were excluded during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), submitted Form-6 applications seeking addition to the electoral rolls. Of these, 2,04,346 applications have been approved, 73,868 have been rejected and 1,34,932 are pending clearance.

According to information shared by the office of the Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), 2,15,462 applications for voter identity cards were received before the SIR. Of these, 1,44,874 applicants were issued EPICs, 64,029 applications were rejected and 6,559 were pending at various stages.

During the ongoing SIR exercise, the Election



Commission of India (ECI) received 1,97,684 applications in Hyderabad. Of these, 59,472 were accepted, 9,839 rejected and 1,28,373 were pending a decision. Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts followed with 1,58,831 and 1,14,647 applications, respectively, filed this year. So far, 64,434 applications in Rangareddy and 35,029 in Medchal-Malkajgiri have been approved.

Across Telangana, 10,22,757 applications were filed this year. The ECI has approved 4,28,965 applications, rejected 2,12,931 and has kept 3,80,861 pending.

In addition, 8,100 overseas Indians submitted Form-6A applications seeking inclusion in Telangana’s electoral rolls. Of these, 1,059 applications were approved, 1,307 rejected and 5,734 were pending.

“Applications are rejected if the documents are not proper,” an official of the Telangana CEO’s office said.