Electoral roll revision extended in Telangana; draft rolls to be published on August 10
HYDERABAD: The Election Commission has extended the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana, postponing the publication of draft electoral rolls from July 31 to August 10.
According to officials, the house-to-house verification by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will now continue till August 3 instead of July 24. Rationalisation of polling stations has also been extended to August 3.
The claims and objections period will be held from August 10 to September 9, while disposal of claims and objections will continue till October 8. The final electoral rolls will now be published on October 12 instead of October 1.
Over 25 lakh forms digitised
As of 12.00 on July 28, officials said all 47,36,669 electors had been issued Enumeration Forms, achieving 100% distribution.
Of these, 4,81,744 electors, or 10.17%, submitted their forms online. A total of 25,26,014 forms, representing 53.33% of the electorate, have been digitised, while 22,10,655 forms remain to be digitised.
Political parties urged to appoint more BLAs
Election officials said recognised political parties have appointed 11,398 Booth Level Agents (BLAs) across 4,062 polling stations.
The Indian National Congress has appointed BLAs for 3,601 polling stations (88.65%), followed by the Bharatiya Janata Party with 3,044 (74.94%), the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen with 2,519 (62.01%) and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi with 2,212 (54.46%).
The Bahujan Samaj Party has appointed seven BLAs, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) nine and the Telugu Desam Party six. The Aam Aadmi Party, Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party and National People’s Party are yet to appoint any BLAs.
Officials requested political parties to appoint BLAs in all polling stations, assist voters in filling Enumeration Forms and ensure that agents coordinate with BLOs throughout the revision process. Each BLA can submit up to 30 Enumeration Forms to the respective BLO in a day.
Help desks and awareness campaign
Help desks have been established in the Electoral Registration Officer offices of all 15 Assembly constituencies and at the District Election Officer and Commissioner office at Tank Bund.
Officials said Electoral Registration Officers and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers are conducting weekly meetings with recognised political parties, while BLOs have been instructed to hold weekly meetings with BLAs at the polling station level.
The awareness campaign includes door-to-door voter outreach, public announcements through autorickshaws, advertisements in newspapers, television, radio and social media, display of banners and hoardings, meetings with Resident Welfare Associations and periodic SMS campaigns to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation property taxpayers.
Among the 15 Assembly constituencies, Bahadurpura has recorded the highest digitisation rate at 58.74%, followed by Karwan at 56.99% and Chandrayangutta at 56.33%. Musheerabad recorded 50.12%, while Malakpet stood at 49.70%.
