Over 1 lakh voters removed in Hyderabad

In Hyderabad district, over 1 lakh voters were removed from the voter rolls in just one month. Between February 8 and March 15, a staggering 104,000 voters were removed from the voter list, with Chandrayangutta witnessing the highest deletions at 14,536, followed by Musheerabad (13,955) and Jubilee Hills (10,297).

Officials attribute



the deletions to discrepancies such as non-standard house numbers listed on the electoral roll. Nearly 4,500 personnel were engaged in purifying the electoral rolls to rectify such issues.

However, during the same time, Hyderabad also added over 125,000 new voters. After adding and removing voters, there was only a net increase of 21,000.