What happened: Telangana’s SIR shows a reported record deletion rate
Telangana’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is reported to have recorded a 21.7% deletion of names during the SIR exercise. The reported 21.7% is described as the highest reported so far among states where SIR has been undertaken, and it is compared with other states’ draft-stage deletion rates (noting that only some states are relatively close).
How deletions vary: urban concentration and “shifted” electors
Deletions are reported to be uneven across assembly constituencies. A large share of deletions is reported to be concentrated in “Highly Urban” areas, especially around Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Many deletions in these areas are reported to be due to electors having “shifted,” meaning electors changed their location and their entries did not align in the draft-roll matching process.
Background and earlier position: draft-stage comparisons and gender ratio
The reported comparison includes gender ratio changes between pre-SIR rolls and draft rolls. Telangana is reported to show a slight increase at the draft stage compared with the pre-SIR stage, while other states show different patterns.
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