# 2.07 crore voters excluded from Maharashtra draft rolls 2026-08-19T17:41:19+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 4 independent outlets (9 source reports) Maharashtra’s Chief Electoral Office said 2.07 crore voters, or 21.15% of the state’s 9.78 crore electorate, have been placed in the “Uncollectable EF” category after the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. India Today reports that 7.71 crore voters (78.85%) submitted their Enumeration Forms during house-to-house verification between June 30 and August 17. The category includes 76.80 lakh permanently shifted voters, 75.52 lakh absent or untraceable, 34.81 lakh deceased, 17.63 lakh enrolled elsewhere or duplicates, and 2.23 lakh in other categories. In Telangana, 73.39 lakh voters have been placed in the Absent, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate (ASDD) category, and another 92.87 lakh voters face notices for anomalies or inability to link records with the 2002 electoral rolls. The Times of India reports that only 1.72 crore of Telangana’s 3.38 crore voters are free of these flags. The Hindu adds that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has expressed concern over a potential “structural voter purge” similar to West Bengal and Assam, fearing impact on the Congress party’s support base among poorer sections. The final electoral rolls are scheduled for publication on October 27 in Maharashtra and October 19 in Telangana. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Pro-government coverage, such as India Today, focuses on the administrative process and the CEO’s explanations, treating the deletions as routine technical updates. In contrast, The Hindu and Times of India highlight political alarm and structural risks: The Hindu quotes CM Revanth Reddy warning of a “voter purge” that could disenfranchise the poor, while Times of India reports that only half of Telangana’s voters are free of scrutiny flags. India Today does not mention these political concerns. The Times of India also reports that 1 lakh voters in Karnataka were restored after civil society pressure, suggesting BLO errors. The measured takeaway: the scale of deletions is unusually high, and the claims and objections window will determine whether genuine voters are restored. What to watch: the number of successful Form 6 filings by October 19. ## Coverage Coverage: 9 sources, 2 government-critical, 6 neutral, 1 sensationalist - indiatoday.in (neutral report) Leads with raw numbers and CEO process, no political context or criticism - indiatoday.in (2) (neutral report) Straight wire-style report on Telangana draft roll, no political framing - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (sensationalist) Presents 12 speculative risk factors without new data, drama-first framing - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2) (neutral report) Data-driven focus on Serilingampally, cites officials but no political angle - thehindu.com (government critical) Leads with Congress alarm over 'voter purge', quotes CM criticism of process - ndtv.com (neutral report) Brief numbers-only snippet on Delhi SIR, no editorialising - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (3) (neutral report) Explains categories and process, factual without political slant - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (4) (government critical) Questions BLO conduct, cites civil society groups, notes restored voters - thehindu.com (2) (neutral report) Reports CEO directions on notice process, no critical or political framing This story was synthesised by AI from the 9 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 9 sources. Last updated 2026-08-19T20:32:02+00:00. Tags: A Revanth Reddy, Election Commission of India, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/maharashtra-telangana-karnataka-draft-rolls-exclude-2-8-crore-voters/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/maharashtra-telangana-karnataka-draft-rolls-exclude-2-8-crore-voters/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/