Over 6.70 lakh Telangana electors miss SIR hearings, 15,281 skip rescheduled dates

Hearings under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls have lapsed for more than 6.70 lakh electors in Telangana. Another 15,281 voters who rescheduled their hearings after missing their initial appointments also failed to turn up.

According to data from the Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (TG CEO), hearing dates had lapsed for 6,70,299 electors as of Tuesday. Hyderabad accounted for the highest number at 1,50,260, followed by Rangareddy with 1,02,182 and Medchal-Malkajgiri with



78,301.

Hanamkonda recorded the highest number of electors who missed their rescheduled hearings, at 5,092. Nizamabad followed with 2,572, Hyderabad with 1,942, Rangareddy with 1,155 and Medchal-Malkajgiri with 1,014, as of Tuesday.

Before the commencement of the SIR exercise, Telangana had a total of 3,38,26,448 voters. During the enumeration phase, 2,64,87,213 voters submitted forms, while the remaining 73,39,235 were categorised under the Absent, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate (ASDD) category.