electoral registration officers

The Election Commission of India has decided to issue show-cause notices to the relevant Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) for failing to upload a large number of voter documents online under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process...

Lucknow, February 18 Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said on Wednesday that 3.26 crore electors have been issued notices under the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and assured that no voter's name would be deleted merely due to non-receipt of a notice...

Kolkata, February 18 – The announcement by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, stating that the seven Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) who had been suspended by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on charges of dereliction of duty would be utilized in state...

New Delhi, February 17 The West Bengal chief secretary has sent a compliance letter to the Election Commission (EC), which had asked her to follow certain directions issued by it, including action against certain officials and payment of enhanced remuneration to booth-level officers (BLOs).EC...

Kolkata, February 17 – The West Bengal government has completed the process of registering FIRs against two electoral registration officers (EROs) and two assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs), following the deadline set by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to complete the...

Gandhinagar, February 17 – The Election Commission released Gujarat's final electoral roll on Tuesday, following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), recording 4.40 crore voters with a net addition of 5.6 lakh voters since the draft electoral roll stage.The SIR commenced across the state on...

Kolkata, February 18 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the Election Commission of behaving like a "Tughlaqi Commission" on Tuesday, alleging that it was acting at the behest of the BJP to manipulate voter lists in the state.Speaking to reporters at the state secretariat, she...

Kolkata, February 17 – The seven Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), who had been suspended by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday on charges of dereliction of duty related to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, will not lose their jobs...

Kolkata, February 16 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) directly suspended seven Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) involved in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal on Monday, on charges of dereliction of duty, without waiting for the state government...

Kolkata, February 16 – Suspended Trinamool Congress leader and Bharatpur MLA, Humayun Kabir, on Monday supported the Election Commission of India (ECI) after it suspended seven Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) involved in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the...

Kolkata, February 16 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) clarified on Monday that financial assistance sanction letters issued under various central and state housing finance schemes of the West Bengal government would not be considered valid identity documents during the ongoing Special...

Kolkata, February 16 The Election Commission on Monday directed the West Bengal authorities to ensure the speedy disposal of claims and objections filed under Form 7 of the SIR exercise, a senior poll official said.The commission reiterated that the revised Special Intensive Revision (SIR)...

Kolkata, February 16 – Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, welcomed the decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to suspend seven Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) involved in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal on...

Kolkata, February 16 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) had directed the office of the West Bengal Chief Secretary, Nandini Chakraborty, to immediately suspend seven more assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs) involved in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state...

New Delhi, February 16 Using its powers under electoral law, the Election Commission has suspended seven officials in West Bengal with immediate effect for serious misconduct, dereliction of duty, and misuse of statutory powers related to the Systematic Voters' Registration (SV) campaign.All...

New Delhi, February 15 The Election Commission has asked the West Bengal chief secretary to comply with its directions by February 17, including paying enhanced remuneration to booth-level officers (BLOs) and filing FIRs against officials who wilfully violated norms during the ongoing Systematic...

Kolkata, February 14 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) sent a fresh communication to the West Bengal government on Saturday, seeking clarification regarding the inclusion of several Group-C state government employees in the list of 8,505 Group-B officers submitted by the state for...

Kolkata, February 14 The Election Commission has set February 17 as the deadline for the West Bengal government to register FIRs against four officers over the alleged inclusion of "ghost" voters in the electoral rolls in two districts, an official said on Saturday.The commission had earlier...

Kolkata, February 14 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) should directly initiate disciplinary action against errant electoral officers at various levels accused of deliberate irregularities during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, instead of repeatedly advising...

Kolkata, February 13 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Friday directed that all records related to the Systematic Area Verification (SAV) of electoral rolls be preserved for five years and warned of strict disciplinary action against officials found responsible for errors or...