Hyderabad: ECI deletes 5.41 lakh voters under GHMC limits ahead of LS polls

Hyderabad: Ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, the election branch of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) said that it has taken significant measures to ensure free and fair elections, implementing revisions to the electoral rolls.

An official statement issued on Wednesday, April 17, asserted that “sincere efforts were made to sure that polling stations are located not only in reachable areas but also adhere to all ECI norms.”

The statement said a total of 47,141 dead voters, 4,39,801 shifted voters, and 54,259 duplicate voters, (totalling 541201 voters) have been removed from the electoral roll duly following the instructions of the ECI.

Additionally, during the “purification” of electoral rolls, the district election officer, in Hyderabad, observed that many voters had non-standard house numbers on the roll.

“A total of 1,81,405 such voters were identified in Hyderabad, and corrections were made to their house numbers,” the statement said.

It was further said that a total of 3,78,713 corrections were made so that split voters in a family were brought to one polling station to ensure voter facilitation and improve polling percentage.

It is important to note that the identification and elimination of PSEs, DSEs, dead, and shifted voters, the purification of Electoral Rolls was accomplished. Below are the constituency-wise tabulated details of the work done by BLOs, EROs, and other officials to ensure the purity of the elections, according to the official press release.

Correction of Non-standard House numbered electors:

Non-Standard House Numbers identified & corrected From Jan-2022 to Mar-2024

Sl. No.	No & Name of the Assembly Constituency	No. of Electors with Non Standard House numbers that were corrected
1	57 – Musheerabad	19700
2	58 – Malakpet	7329
3	59 – Amberpet	6952
4	60 – Khairthabad	3502
5	61 – Jubilee Hills	14429
6	62 – Sanathnagar	20226
7	63 – Nampally	7682
8	64 – Karwan	4625

9	65 – Goshamahal	3741
10	66 – Charminar	3363
11	67 – Chandrayangutta	8793
12	68 – Yakuthpura	19999
13	69 – Bahadurpura	7290
14	70 – Secundrabad	31042
15	71 – Sec’Bad Cantt	22732
	Total	1,81,405

Deletion of Duplicate entries, Photo Similar Entries (PSE), and Demographically Similar Entries (DSE) within Polling Stations within the Assembly Constituency from January 2023 to March 2024:

No & Name of the Assembly Constituency	Total Duplicates deleted from Jan 2023 to March 2024
1	2
57 – Musheerabad	1038
58 – Malakpet	2421
59 – Amberpet	2317
60 – Khairthabad	1640
61 – Jubilee Hills	4840
62 – Sanathnagar	1460
63 – Nampally	7072
64 – Karwan	6738
65 – Goshamahal	3260
66 – Charminar	3348
67 – Chandrayangutta	4433
68 – Yakuthpura	4281
69 – Bahadurpura	7742
70 – Secundrabad	1320
71 – Sec’Bad Cantt	2349
Total	54,259

Measures taken to bring split voters in a family to a single polling station:

No & Name of the Assembly Constituency	After TSLA @ 2023 up to March 2024
	May to Nov 2023 upto TSLA @ 2023	May to Nov 2023 up to TSLA @ 2023	Total corrections done so far
1	2	3	4
57 – Musheerabad	39455	166	39621
58 – Malakpet	31427	291	31718
59 – Amberpet	22316	432	22748
60 – Khairthabad	7107	804	7911
61 – Jubilee Hills	45176	2181	47357
62 – Sanathnagar	29566	432	29998
63 – Nampally	9261	1565	10826
64 – Karwan	25024	1397	26421
65 – Goshamahal	1629	1275	2904
66 – Charminar	3858	1543	5401
67 – Chandrayangutta	45344	1822	47166
68 – Yakuthpura	40207	2120	42327
69 – Bahadurpura	28089	2740	30829
70 – Secundrabad	27999	943	28942
71 – Sec’Bad Cantt	4391	153	4544
Total	360849	17864	3,78,713

Action was taken on voters identified as ASD during TSLA-2023:

		No. of electors marked as ASD in TSLA-2023					Total deletions after TSLA-2023
Sl . N o.	No. & Name Assembly Constituency	Absent	Shifted	Dead	Duplic ates	Total	Expir ed	Shifting	Duplicate s	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1	57 – Musheerbad	472	993	936	24	2425	838	1431	721	2990
2	58 – Malakpet	839	3865	1352	320	6376	773	4469	1593	6835
3	59 – Amberpet	106	1492	2087	127	3812	1205	5275	1921	8401
4	60 – Khairthabad	221	1126	967	86	2400	1836	5150	591	7577
5	61 – Jubilee Hills	73	1234	823	191	2321	810	16658	3754	21222
6	62 – Sanathnagar	404	2406	1068	140	4018	1049	3846	1014	5909
7	63 – Nampally	437	53080	5860	2726	62103	2843	15963	2601	21407
8	64 – Karwan	84	1991	1803	37	3915	3368	12527	4827	20722
9	65 – Goshamahal	229	973	866	6	2074	1603	567	2258	4428
10	66 – Charminar	57	194	828	0	1079	810	3211	1672	5693
11	67-handrayangutta	8	1333	1016	72	2429	738	14908	3641	19287
12	68 – Yakuthpura	258	2469	1725	152	4604	1691	6007	3191	10889
13	69 – Bahadurpura	178	115	477	0	770	1974	6204	4926	13104
14	70-Secunderabad	671	2230	2159	12	5072	1088	7517	1063	9668
15	71-Sec Cantonment	296	1229	4137	57	5719	4427	3227	1524	9178
	Total	4333	74730	26104	3950	1,09,117	25053	106960	35297	1,67,310