SIR in Telangana: Draft electoral rolls to have names of electors whose Enumeration Forms are received

As portion of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful Telangana, draught electoral rolls — to beryllium published connected July 31, 2026 — volition person names of each electors whose Enumeration Forms are received.

Thereafter, Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) volition contented announcement to radical who could not beryllium linked oregon determination is discrepancy successful their linking with the electoral rolls of the past revision. In Telangana, the SIR was past conducted successful 2002 erstwhile the State was portion of erstwhile agreed Andhra Pradesh. A database of specified persons to whom notices person been issued volition beryllium published. 

Addressing a property league held successful Hyderabad connected Saturday (May 16, 2026), Chief Electoral Officer of Telangana C Sudharshan Reddy said that radical who received the notices person to taxable 1 of the 12 documents which includes Aadhaar Card. 

The different documents see passport; commencement certificate issued by competent authority; matriculation oregon acquisition certificate issued by the competent State authority; OBC/SC/ST oregon immoderate caste certificate issued by competent authority; household registry prepared by State oregon section authorities; immoderate onshore oregon a location allotment certificate by the government; imperishable residence certificate issued by competent State authority. 

While the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was mentioned arsenic 1 of the 12 documents, the CEO said that it does not use to Telangana.

SIR agenda

The CEO stressed that the docket of the SIR is to guarantee that nary eligible national is near retired of the electoral rolls and radical ineligible (dead, shifted oregon migrated) are not portion of it. 

The Election Commission of India has a fewer days agone announced a elaborate docket of SIR process successful 16 States and 3 Union Territories, including Telangana. 

In Telangana, Booth Level Officers (BLO) volition sojourn houses from June 25 to July 24, 2026. After work of draught electoral rolls connected July 31, the play of filing claims and objections is from July 31 to August 30, 2026. Notice signifier (issuance, proceeding and verification); determination connected Enumeration Forms and disposal of claims and objections is from July 31 to September 28, 2026. The last electoral rolls volition beryllium published connected October 1, 2026. 

3.39 crore electors successful Telangana

There are 3,39,24,664 electors successful Telangana and 64.38% were mapped, arsenic per accusation from the CEO’s bureau connected Saturday (May 15, 2026) The mapping process is inactive underway.