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

As part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana, draft electoral rolls — to be published on July 31, 2026 — will have names of all electors whose Enumeration Forms are received.

Thereafter, Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) will issue notices to people who could not be linked or there is discrepancy in their linking with the electoral rolls of the last revision. In Telangana, the SIR was last conducted in 2002 when the State was part of erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh. A list of such persons to whom notices have been issued will be published.

After receiving the notices, electors have to submit documents for self establishing date of birth and place of birth if they are born in India before July 1, 1987. Besides that, people have to submit documents of mother or father if the electors are born in India between July 1, 1987 and December 2, 2004, and after December 2, 2004.

The draft electoral rolls will be available on the website of Chief Electoral Officer, displayed at offices of EROs, Assistant EROs, BLOs and provided to political parties.

Two days after the Election Commission of India announced a detailed schedule of SIR for Telangana, Chief Electoral Officer of Telangana C. Sudharshan Reddy addressed a press conference in Hyderabad on Saturday (May 16), stating that people who received the notices have to submit one of the 12 documents which includes Aadhaar Card.

Documents

The other documents include passport, birth certificate issued by competent authority, matriculation or educational certificate issued by the competent State authority, OBC/SC/ST or any caste certificate issued by competent authority, family register prepared by State or local authorities, any land or a house allotment certificate by the government, permanent residence certificate issued by competent State authority.

SIR agenda

The CEO stressed that the agenda of the SIR is to ensure that no eligible citizen is left out of the electoral rolls and no ineligible person is included in the rolls.

Telangana SIR schedule

In Telangana, Booth Level Officers (BLO) will visit houses from June 25 to July 24. After publication of draft electoral rolls on July 31, the period of filing claims and objections is from July 31 to August 30. Notice phase (issuance, hearing and verification), decision on Enumeration Forms and disposal of claims and objections is from July 31 to September 28. The final electoral rolls will be published on October 1.

No other document except EF collected during Enumeration phase

The Enumeration Forms with some details printed — such as EPIC number, name, passport size photo — will be distributed by BLOs to each elector and help them in filling the rest of the details. The Enumeration Forms are also available online at ECI’s website (https://voters.eci.gov.in/). Except for the Enumeration form, no other document is collected during the Enumeration phase.

Toll free number

The BLOs were directed to visit houses at least thrice. “If house is locked, they have to visit again. BLOs will visit houses two to three times for distribution of Enumeration Forms, and to collect them” said the CEO. A BLO will take two Enumeration Forms (EF) for each elector — the filled EF is collected and another is given to the elector after signing on acknowledgement. People can also contact toll free voter helpline number 1950 or use the ‘Book a Call’ option available at the ECI website ECINET app.

3.39 crore electors in Telangana

There are 3,39,24,664 electors in Telangana as on May 16, and 64.38% were mapped, as per information from the CEO’s office on Saturday (May 16) The mapping process is still under way.

Published – May 16, 2026 02:44 pm IST