Election Commission
- Hyderabad
SIR: In Charminar, 23K people with Muslim names not found at home
Hyderabad: Charminar – the constituency that takes its name from the monument at the heart of it where lanes run narrow and deep through Laad Bazaar, Pathergatti and Ghansi Bazaar – lost the fewest…
- Hyderabad
84 out of 100 duplicate voters in Yakatpura SIR have Muslim names
Hyderabad: In 2023, Jaffer Hussain Meraj of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) won the Yakutpura Assembly constituency with 46,153 votes, very narrowly defeating Amjed Ullah Khan of the Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT), who…
- Hyderabad
86 pc of Bahadurpura voters left off SIR have Muslim names
Hyderabad: Among all 15 Assembly constituencies in Hyderabad, Bahadurpura has recorded the highest percentage of Muslim-name deletions in the draft SIR rolls released by the Election Commission on August 17, Siasat.com’s analysis shows. Of…
- Telangana
Telangana SIR: 14.9 lakh Muslim names excluded, half in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: An estimated 14.9 lakh voters with Muslim names, over half of them from Hyderabad alone, have been left out of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana, an analysis…
- India
SIR legal but not fair: Former election commissioner Lavasa
New Delhi: Former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa has described the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as an unfair procedure being imposed on millions of people. He said while the…
- Delhi
BLAs liable only for verifiable information in SIR: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday, September 3, ruled that booth level agents of political parties are not liable for verifying all details in enumeration forms during the Special Intensive…
- India
Punjab SIR: Raghav claims name marked ‘shifted’ at AAP’s behest
Chandigarh: Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab Raghav Chadha on Thursday, September 3, said that his name has been marked as “shifted” in the draft electoral rolls despite his voter ID being registered…
- Hyderabad
40 pc of deleted voters in Hyderabad SIR have Muslim names
Hyderabad: An estimated 7.77 lakh of the 19.41 lakh electors left off Hyderabad’s draft electoral roll carry Muslim names, according to an analysis by Siasat.com of the Election Commission’s (EC) own published lists. That is…
- Kolkata
Only 2 pc of Bengal SIR exclusion appeals decided so far
New Delhi: Barely 2 per cent of the nearly 38 lakh appeals filed by voters excluded from West Bengal’s electoral rolls after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) had been decided as of August…
- News
EC renews outreach plans for Gen Alpha, Z
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) has initiated renewed efforts to reach out to Gen Alpha and Z ahead of the 2029 Lok Sabha polls to make them aware voters who are…
- India
EC launches drive to verify voters, family members
Ranchi: The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday, August 25, launched a drive to verify voters and their family members as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, an official…
- Bangalore
SIR: 46L Bengaluru voters to be deleted, 27L in BJP-held seats
Bengaluru: As many as 46.88 lakh voters in Bengaluru have been identified under the absent, shifted, dead, duplicate and others (ASDDO) category as part of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR)…
- Hyderabad
Telangana SIR: Draft rolls on Aug 17 after confusion, extensions
Hyderabad: Following the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana, the draft publication is scheduled for Monday, August 17. According to the latest Election Commission of…
- Telangana
Telangana CEO warns voters against fake EC messages
Hyderabad: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Telangana, C Sudharsan Reddy, on Thursday, August 13, warned voters about fraudulent messages being sent in the name of the Election Commission of India (ECI).…
- Telangana
Congress seeks details of 73L uncollected SIR forms in Telangana
Hyderabad: The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has asked the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to share polling station-wise details of the more than 73 lakh electors whose enumeration forms went uncollected during…
