Maharashtra urban seats top uncollectible electoral forms list

Urban constituencies in Maharashtra, including Bhiwandi East, Colaba and Khadakwasala, have recorded the highest rates of uncollectible enumeration forms during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, while rural and tribal seats are among the best performers. The chief electoral officer released data on Friday showing that over 21% of forms across 288 assembly constituencies could not be collected or digitised.

Bhiwandi East had the worst rate at 49.10%, followed by Colaba at 46.97%, Khadakwasala at 46.57%, Nalasopara at 46.36% and Kothrud at 46.22%. Nalasopara, with 6,62,057 electors, recorded the highest absolute number of uncollectible forms at 3,06,930. In contrast, Akole (ST) in Ahmednagar had the lowest uncollectible rate at 6.11%, and several other rural and tribal seats recorded rates below 10%.

Many high-uncollectible constituencies have electorates well above the state average of 3,39,771. Nalasopara and Hadapsar have over 6.5 lakh electors each, while eight of the 10 best-performing seats have electorates below the average. Maharashtra has 9,78,54,049 electors across its 288 seats.