Over 50,000 voters from Old City termed ‘anomaly’ in Hyderabad core as SIR kicks into high gear

Booth-level officers verify details of voters during Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls at Aroor village in Sangareddy district on Wednesday. | Photo credit: NAGARA GOPAL

According to data available till July 9, more than 50,000 voters in all constituencies of Hyderabad considered to be part of the Old City have been flagged as “anomalies” in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Among the eight densely populated Old City constituencies, Chandrayangutta reported the highest number of anomalies at 13,267, representing 3.52% of its electorate. It is followed by Nampally with 8,490 (2.45%), Bahadurpura with 6,771 (1.93%), Karwan with 6,039 (1.58%), Yakutpura with 5,113 (1.36%), Malakpet with 4,672 (1.41%), Charminar with 440 and 3.34 (0.85%).

The verification exercise was also most extensive in Chandrayangutta, where booth-level officers verified 32,746 enumeration forms. Nampally recorded 19,023 confirmed forms, followed by Karwan (11,158), Yakutpura (6,604), Bahadurpura (5,788), Malakpet (5,726), Charminar (4,707) and Goshamahal (4,571).

Excluding the Old City, the remaining seven assembly constituencies together accounted for 18,234 anomalies, making the total number of Hyderabad districts 68,354. Jubilee Hills tops this group with 6,590 anomalies, followed by Khairatabad (3,049), Amberpet (2,274), Secunderabad (1,915), Sanathnagar (1,667), Musheerabad (1,413) and Secunderabad Cantonment (1,326).

The eight constituencies of Old City — Malakpet, Nampally, Karwan, Goshamahal, Charminar, Chandrayangutta, Yakutpura and Bahadurpura — have a combined electorate of 26,75,283.

The remaining seven constituencies — Musheerabad, Amberpet, Khairatabad, Jubilee Hills, Sanathnagar, Secunderabad and Secunderabad Cantonment — account for another 20,61,386 voters, making the total number of voters of Hyderabad district 47,36,669.

In a recent interview with The Hindu, Telangana Chief Electoral Officer C. Sudharshan Reddy said that the number of anomalies detected across the state could exceed one crore. In an attempt to reassure voters, he noted that even his own name appeared differently in official documents and said adequate staff had been deployed to address discrepancies during the revision process.

Published – 15 Jul 2026 20:21 IST