Bhiwandi East Leads Maharashtra in Uncollectible Voter Forms During Revision
Bhiwandi East in Thane district recorded the highest rate of uncollectible enumeration forms in Maharashtra at 49.10 per cent during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, according to data released by the Chief Electoral Officer on Friday.
Urban constituencies across Thane, Mumbai, and Pune reported some of the highest proportions of uncollectible forms—defined as enumeration forms that could not be collected or digitised. Statewide, more than 21 per cent of revision forms fell into this category out of 9,78,54,049 electors across all 288 assembly constituencies.
Several other constituencies in the Thane region also reported high levels of uncollected and un-digitised forms. Bhiwandi West recorded an uncollectible rate of 44.72 per cent, Ambarnath (SC) reported 44.18 per cent, Airoli stood at 44.03 per cent, Mumbra-Kalwa recorded 42.92 per cent, and Kalyan West registered 42.65 per cent. In terms of absolute volume, Kalyan Rural accounted for 2,52,294 uncollectible forms, while Ovala Majiwada recorded 2,50,987.
Across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Colaba in south Mumbai followed Bhiwandi East with an uncollectible rate of 46.97 per cent among its 2,54,910 electors, while Malabar Hill recorded 39.02 per cent. In neighbouring Palghar district, Nalasopara recorded an uncollectible rate of 46.36 per cent, representing 3,06,930 forms from an electorate of 6,62,057—the highest raw number of uncollectible forms among the constituencies analysed.
In Pune, Khadakwasala recorded an uncollectible rate of 46.57 per cent (2,78,076 forms), Kothrud recorded 46.22 per cent, Hadapsar reported 45.80 per cent (2,98,375 forms), and Shivajinagar stood at 44.31 per cent.
The data showed a sharp contrast between densely populated urban seats and rural or tribal areas. Akole (ST) in Ahilyanagar district recorded the lowest uncollectible rate across Maharashtra at 6.11 per cent, achieving a digitisation rate of 93.89 per cent. Other areas with low uncollectible rates included Jalgaon (Jamod) at 6.20 per cent, Khamgaon at 6.27 per cent, Ashti at 6.37 per cent, Chimur at 6.46 per cent, Mehkar (SC) at 6.50 per cent, Georai at 7.09 per cent, Nevasa at 7.18 per cent, Rajapur at 7.34 per cent, and Malkapur at 7.68 per cent.
Tribal constituencies such as Gadchiroli (ST), Nawapur (ST), and Armori (ST) also recorded strong digitisation figures, with uncollectible rates of 8.64 per cent, 9.33 per cent, and 9.75 per cent respectively. Many of the urban seats with high uncollectible rates had electorates well above the state average of 3,39,771, whereas eight of the ten constituencies with the lowest uncollectible rates had voter populations below that benchmark.
