Decline In Number Of Graduate Voters
Graduate voter registrations for the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda MLC constituency fell by 41,726 since 2021, prompting parties to focus on enrolment.
The number of electorate for the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda graduates MLC elections has fallen down to 4.63 lakh in the by-elections from the 5.05 lakh in the last elections, causing concern among political parties.
Parties are now focusing their attention on enrolling the graduates loyal to them as voters.
The electorate of the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda graduates MLC elections held in 2021 was 5,05,565, but the figure has reduced to 4,63,839 voters now, meaning a decline of 41,726 voters.
By-election to the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda graduates MLC constituency was necessitated by the resignation of Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, who won as MLC in the 2021 elections. He was later elected as MLA in the 2023 polls.
Out of the total 4,63,839 graduate voters, 3,36,013 exercised their franchise in the by-elections to the
Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda graduate MLC elections, which saw a poll percentage of 72.4.
The number of graduate voters in Nalgonda district was reduced to 80,871 in 2024 from 90,826, which was a 10.96 percentage decrease while the number of voters in Suryapet district decreased to 51,497 from 62,624, which was a 17.768 percent fall.
Similarly, the number of graduate voters decreased to 34,080 from 38,367, which was a 11.174 per cent fall.
The Election Commission released the schedule for enrolment of the graduate voters for Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda graduates MLC and fixed November 6 as the last date for receiving applications from the graduates.
Besides the elections, the authorities are taking steps to encourage the graduates as voters. The political parties are focusing their attention on enrolling the graduates loyal to them as voters of Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda graduates MLC elections.
Elections Watch committee member B Keshavulu said the graduates were not showing much interest to enroll as voters of graduate MLC constituencies as they needed to register as ‘MLC voters’ for every election.
Graduate MLCs, after winning the elections, were forgetting the promises they made to youths and employees and are not available to them. Each such MLC represents a vast area of 12 districts. This is also causing disinterest among the graduates from registering themselves as voters.