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Tollywood stars drop Hyderabad votes, stick to Andhra rolls
Nearly 1.49 lakh electors have been identified as permanently shifted from Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills constituency during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, Telangana Chief Electoral Office officials said. Among them are…
Nearly 1.49 lakh electors have been identified as permanently shifted from Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills constituency during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, Telangana Chief Electoral Office officials said. Among them are several Tollywood celebrities who chose to retain their voting rights in native towns in Andhra Pradesh rather than continue as Hyderabad voters.
Officials said many film personalities, including those from prominent Tollywood families, informed Booth Level Officers that they preferred to stay enrolled in Andhra Pradesh. Most of these celebrities have lived in Hyderabad for decades and own homes in the Jubilee Hills area, which houses a large part of the Telugu film industry.
The SIR data also shows 8,232 deceased voters, 13,500 untraceable electors, and 7,279 already enrolled elsewhere. Election officials cited a desire to maintain ties with hometowns and continued ownership of agricultural land and other properties in Andhra Pradesh as reasons for the choice. Jubilee Hills recorded the highest number of shifted electors among Hyderabad's 15 Assembly constituencies.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is a periodic exercise mandated by the Election Commission to clean up duplicate and shifted voters. Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills, where many film stars live, has long been a peculiar case: despite decades of residence, many stars continued registering votes in Andhra villages, often citing ancestral land holdings. Legally, a voter can be enrolled at only one address, once the SIR flags a permanent shift, the person must choose. What is at stake is not just sentimental ties but also the ability to influence local body elections in Andhra, where star power translates into real votes. Under Section 15 of the Representation of the People Act, maintaining multiple registrations is an offence, meaning these celebrities had no legal choice but to pick one state. Watch how many of these deletions become final after the January 2024 deadline for voter roll objections, the figure of 1.48 lakh shifted electors in Jubilee Hills alone is already unusually high for any constituency.
Source: greatandhra.com
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