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Women dominate voter deletions in five Old City constituencies in Hyderabad: report

Booth in Yakutpura constituency names of 535 women electors were deleted of which 527 were those not listed as ASDD

Women dominate voter deletions in five Old City constituencies in Hyderabad: report

Women made up 47.8% of the 19,41,444 electors removed in select Hyderabad constituencies during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. The highest proportion of women among deleted electors was found in five Delhi Assembly segments: Bahadurpura, Chandrayangutta, Karwan, Yakutpura, and Malakpet. The sixth constituency, Nampally, part of the Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency, also showed a significant proportion of women deletions.

Bahadurpura had the highest share at 51.8%, while Nampally had the lowest at 47.6%. The remaining constituencies had shares ranging from 48.5% to 51.1%. The report also noted that Muslim-classified electors accounted for 40.7% of the total deletions, with a significant concentration in the Old City constituencies.

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