Telangana achieves 78.26 per cent digitisation of SIR forms

Telangana achieved 78.26 per cent digitisation of enumeration forms after the schedule for the ‘Special Intensive Revision’ of the electoral rolls was extended multiple times.

On Monday, the Election Commission of India (ECI)-mandated deadline of the house-to-house enumeration phase of SIR came to a close. As the deadline came to a close on Monday evening, the Chief Electoral Officer, Telangana, C Sudarshan Reddy, released a final status report of 33 districts on SIR.

A total of 3,38,26,448 enumeration forms were distributed to electors across all 33 districts in Telangana, according to the report. Of these, 2,64,73,616 enumeration forms were submitted by electors and digitised. The remaining 73,52,832 electors were to be treated as either having not submitted their enumeration



forms or as ‘Absent, Shifted or Dead’ (ASD) electors, the report said.

Yadadri-Bhongiri district secured the top spot statewide in digitisation, achieving 94.31 per cent, while Hyderabad district recorded 58.89 per cent digitisation, the lowest in the state. The total number of electors in Hyderabad district was 47,36,669, and enumerations were submitted by 27,89,214 electors, said the report.

According to the revised SIR schedule, the publication of draft electoral rolls will be held on August 17, and the period for filing claims and objections is from August 17 to September 16. Notices served and the disposal of claims and objections will be held from August 17 to October 15. The final publication of the electoral rolls is October 19.