ECI Electoral Roll Revisions Cut Fifth of Names in Telangana and Karnataka
· India · The Hindu, NDTV
The Election Commission of India has struck out nearly 22% of names from electoral rolls in Telangana and 19.5% in Karnataka during its Special Intensive Revision process, authorized by the Supreme Court of India. The deletions are concentrated heavily in urban centers, with five constituencies in Bengaluru losing over half their electors and nine out of 15 constituencies in Hyderabad seeing cuts exceeding 40%. The scale of removal exceeds population estimates and recent survey data indicating migration patterns within the states. The ECI has faced criticism for administrative opacity, failing to publish mandatory elector-to-population ratios or organized gender-wise breakdowns of the deletions.
Why it matters
Massive voter deletions threaten mass disenfranchisement in key southern states, raising urgent questions about the transparency and accuracy of the Election Commission's revision process.
Read the original report — The Hindu
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