Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad has emerged as the centre of Telangana’s special intensive revision (SIR) churn, accounting for 43 lakh of the state’s 73.3 lakh ASDD (absent, shifted, dead and duplicate) electors, or 58.6% of the statewide total, despite having only 33.8% of the state’s electorate.CEO, Telangana, C Sudarshan Reddy, on Monday said that the three metropolitan districts alone accounted for close to six out of every 10 ASDD cases in the state, making the Hyderabad metropolitan region the biggest driver of reduction between the earlier electorate and the draft rolls.In Hyderabad district, 19.4 lakh electors, 40.9% of the district’s earlier electorate, have been put in the ASDD category.Seven assembly constituencies represented by All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) together have 9.4 lakh deleted electors, or 39.4% of their electorate. But the numbers also show that the exclusions were not confined to the Old City or AIMIM-held seats. According to CEO Sudarshan Reddy, as per the SIR draft rolls, Hyderabad district alone accounts for 19.4 lakh, or about 26.4% of the state’s ASDD pool, though the district had only about 14% of the state’s electorate.The figures mean 27.9 lakh electors, or 59% of Hyderabad’s earlier electorate of 47.3 lakh, remain outside the ASDD category. Hyderabad’s ASDD rate is 19.2 percentage points above the state average and nearly 1.9 times of Telangana’s rate.Metro accounts for 59% of ASDD electorsThe concentration becomes sharper when Hyderabad is clubbed with Medchal-Malkajgiri and Rangareddy. The three districts had 1.1 crore electors on June 10, of whom about 37.67% now fall in the ASDD category.Hyderabad has the highest rate among them at 40%, followed by Medchal-Malkajgiri, where 10.7 lakh of 29.7 lakh electors, or 35.9%, are in the category. Rangareddy has 12.8 lakh of 36.9lakh electors or 34.7%. in the ASDD categoryVikarabad has 20.6%, underscoring the gap between the Hyderabad metropolitan region and rest of the state.Permanently shifted electors form the biggest component in all three districts. Hyderabad has 13.4 lakh permanently shifted electors, Medchal-Malkajgiri 7.9 lakh and Rangareddy 7.7 lakh together accounting for 29.1 lakh voters.Big numbers in suburbsWhile Hyderabad constituencies dominate the percentage rankings, some of the largest absolute ASDD numbers are in Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri.Serilingampally has 3.2 lakh ASDD electors, or 42.6% of its electorate, the highest absolute number among constituencies in the three-district metropolitan belt. Lal Bahadur Nagar follows with 2.7 lakh at 44.4%, Rajendranagar with 2.4 lakh at 38.8%, and Maheswaram with 2.3 lakh at 40.9%.In Medchal-Malkajgiri district, Uppal has the highest proportion at 39.8%, involving 2.1 lakh electors. Malkajgiri at 37.6% with 1.9 lakh Quthbullapur at 37% with 2.7 lakh, Kukatpally at 34.5% with 1.7 lakh, and Medchal at 31.4% with 2.1 lakh. Quthbullapur has the district’s largest absolute ASDD count.Across the three districts, the pattern is therefore two-fold: Hyderabad records the sharpest percentage reduction, while fast-growing suburban constituencies such as Serilingampally, Quthbullapur, Lal Bahadur Nagar and Rajendranagar account for some of the largest numbers of electors in the ASDD category.
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