Hyderabad: SIR deletions equal 89% of 2023 Assembly election turnout, shows study

The number of voters removed from Hyderabad’s draft electoral rolls during the special intensive revision – 19.4 lakh – was equivalent to 89% of the votes polled in the city in the 2023 Assembly elections, according to analysis done by a Kolkata-based research organisation.

There were 42 lakh voters on the list in January 2023, The News Minute reported.

In two Assembly constituencies – Malakpet and Yakutpura – the number of electors deleted was higher than the number of votes polled in the seats in 2023, Sabar Institute said in its report.

The deletions were equivalent to 112% of the votes polled in Malakpet and 110% in Yakutpura. Both constituencies are represented by the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and recorded the lowest voter turnout in Hyderabad district in the 2023 elections, The News Minute reported.

In all 15 Assembly constituencies in Hyderabad, the number of electors deleted was higher than the winning margin in the 2023 Assembly elections, the Sabar Institute said.

Muslims account for 40% of all deletions

Muslims accounted for 40.7% of all deletions, the institute said. However, the report could not determine whether Muslim voters were deleted at a higher rate than other voters because religion-wise elector data at the constituency level is not available, it said.

According to the 2011 Census, Muslims comprise 30.1% of the population of Hyderabad...

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