The push of urbanisation in Telangana, especially the western part of Hyderabad, continues apace with Assembly constituencies in the peripheral areas showing a huge spike in the number of voters, the Election Commission of India data shows.
Data compared between 2018 and 2023 shows Patancheru has seen a spike of 35% in the number of voters, while Serilingampally has retained its position as the biggest Assembly constituency by numbers. Serilingampally in the western part of Hyderabad, which has seen an IT industry and housing boom, now has 6,98,079 voters up from 5,75,542, an increase of 21.2%. This is in sharp contrast to an average of 13.15% increase in the number of voters between 2018 and 2023 in the State.
