YSRCP urges State Election Commission to defer municipal rolls until SIR completion

YSRCP urges State Election Commission to defer municipal rolls until SIR completion Published – August 19, 2026 10: 56 pm IST – VIJAYAWADA.

What happened

For context, the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) has submitted a representation requesting that the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) conduct elections for Municipal Corporations, Municipalities, and Nagar Panchayats only after the completion of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the publication of final electoral rolls.

As the qualifying date, the YSRCP State general secretary Lella Appi Reddy, in the letter, triggered concern over the SEC's current directive requiring authorities to publish ward-wise photo electoral rolls using January 1, 2026. According to The YSRCP leader, draft Assembly electoral rolls published on July 31, 2026, disclosed significant discrepancies throughout all 175 constituencies, placing approximately 42 lakh entries under scrutiny and leading to the deletion of 44.89 lakh entries. These deletions included roughly 15.22 lakh deceased voters and 7.37 lakh duplicate or multiple registrations, alongside numerous untraceable or shifted individuals.

He asserted that issuing ward-wise municipal rolls relying on draft electoral data would create serious inconsistencies. Since the claims and objections process under the SIR is ongoing through the statutory framework of the Representation of the Residents Act, 1950, and the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, finalising municipal rolls beforehand risks excluding genuine eligible voters whose applications remain under review, furthermore. Citing Section 11 of the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965. It provides that municipal rolls be derived from updated Assembly rolls, the party requested the SEC to adjust its schedule to align with the final SIR roll publication, he continued.

The bottom line

In short, YSRCP urges State Election Commission to defer municipal rolls until SIR completion is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.