Telangana has 3.17 crore voters, EC releases final list

Hyderabad: After completion of the second special summary revision, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Telangana, has published the final electoral roll for all the 119 Assembly constituencies. The total number of voters in the final roll now stands at 3,17,17,389 voters out of whom 1,58,71,493 are males, 1,58,43,339 are females and 2,557 belong to the third gender. There are 15,338 service electors and 2,780 overseas electors.

A total of 8,11,640 voters are between the age group 18-19 years, which is an increase of 5,32,990 since January 2023. There are 4,43,943 voters who are above 80 years of age and 5,06,493 People with Disabilities.

There was a net 5.8% increase (17,42, 470) in the number of electors since January 2023. The gender ratio of the electoral roll has improved from 992 in January to 998. The gender ratio in the 18 to 19 age group has improved from 707 to 743.

Corrections in the roll

Corrections in house numbers have been carried out for 5,80,208 voters.

A total of 7.66 lakh households where more than six voters are registered having 75.97 lakh voters were verified across the state. A total of 22,02,168 dead, duplicate and shifted voters have been removed from the electoral roll. 4,89,574 of these voters are from the GHMC and surrounding areas.

Further 2,47,756 dead voters have also been deleted from the electoral roll in this year. Multiple rounds of house-to-house surveys and verifications have been taken up and 14,24,694 corrections of entries have been done in the electoral roll in this year compared to the average 2-3 lakh corrections being done annually in the past.

To ensure that all residents in the urban areas are enrolled in the voter list, a campaign to cover 4,605 Residential Welfare Associations (RWAs) was launched wherein 757 teams covered 4,605 multi-storey buildings and gated communities by involving (RWAs).

Updating of the electoral roll to continue

Since the roll was frozen on September 28 to enable generation of final roll and printing, 57,617 applications received prior to September 19, 2023 could not be disposed before the freezing of the roll. However, all these applications have now been disposed of and such eligible voters will be able to vote in the upcoming assembly elections.

Applications for enrolment and correction of details in the electoral roll can be made even after October. The Electoral Office has clarified that though the final roll has been published, the exercise of continuous updating of electoral roll will continue. All eligible persons (those who have completed 18 years of age on October 1, 2023 and who are otherwise eligible) who could not make an application for enrolment earlier, can apply for inclusion in the roll.

All citizens have been requested to check their enrolment details like the polling station they are attached to by logging into voters.eci.gov.in or through the Voter Helpline App (VHA). In case of any mistakes in enrolment details, the elector can apply for correction using form 8, online or on VHA or through the Booth Level Officer (BLO). In case of any complaints, citizens may contact the voter helpline 1950 of ECI.

Congress claims final voters list outnumber actual eligible voters in the state

Meanwhile, G Niranjan, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) senior vice president and chairman, Election Commission Coordination Committee issued a press release whereby he said, despite their objections and request to the EC for postponement of publication of final voters list till the disposal of all applications and removal of death, multiple and shifted voters, it is unfortunate that the Election Commission (EC) has published the final voters list.

“The Congress party had submitted in detail about the discrepancies in the voters list. The final voters list announced today comprises several anomalies.

The final voters list of 3,17,17,389 voters published on Wednesday is in fact more than the actual voters in the state. The Congress Party will conduct a survey on the final voters list and find out the discrepancies and move to the High Court for Justice,” he said.