Over 75 lakh voters yet to submit SIR forms in Telangana

Even as the Election Commission of India (ECI) extended the deadline twice, electors in Telangana continue to show their apathy in completing their enumeration forms for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll.

Information released by the Telangana Chief Electoral Office reveals a staggering 75,20,544 electors are yet to submit their forms to the BLOs till the last count on August 5.

Of these, 20,02,774 electors in Hyderabad, highest among all districts, have not returned their forms, followed by



Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts, where 13,14,710 and 11,09,751 forms are yet to be digitised.

Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Mulugu and Jayashankar Bhupalpally districts recorded the lowest number of voters – 26,202, 27,624 and 36,010 respectively – who are still to submit the forms.

As for Hyderabad, Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts, despite the outreach by political parties’ booth-level agents, election officials, and residential welfare associations, the response from the voters is not encouraging.