Telangana Draft Electoral Roll Removes 73 Lakh Voters

Telangana's voter list has been significantly reduced following a comprehensive revision exercise, with over 73 lakh names removed from the electoral rolls. The draft list, released on August 17, 2026, now contains 2,64,87,213 registered voters, down from a previous total of 3,38,26,448. The revision is part of the Election Commission of India's ongoing Special Intensive Revision process.

Chief Electoral Officer C. Sudarshan Reddy announced the findings at a media conference in Hyderabad. He stated that approximately 92.87 lakh voters will receive notices from Electoral Registration Officers. This group includes about 60.50 lakh voters with logical discrepancies in their details and 32.36 lakh who did not properly submit their enumeration forms during the 2002 revision cycle.

The deletions fall under the category of Absent, Shifted, Dead, and Duplicate entries. According to the data, 45,18,963 voters were listed as permanently shifted, 11,25,546 as absent or untraceable, and 9,22,229 as deceased. An additional 6,70,203 names were found to be duplicated across the rolls. The CEO confirmed that these deletions were made with the approval of political party agents or Booth Level Agents.