Special summary revision of photo electoral roll begins in Punjab

Chandigarh, October 15, 2014: The special summary revision of photo electoral roll began today in Punjab. The Draft Electoral Roll has been published and can be seen at office of DEO, ERO BLO and Polling Station. The draft electoral roll is also available at website of the CEO Office. (http://ceopunjab.nic.in).  Claim and objection in Form 6, 6A, 7, 8 and 8A can be filed with the ERO’s from 15.10.2014 to 10.11.2014 by anyone who has attained the age of 18 as on 01.01.2015.

Against a total projected population of 28883590, the eligible population of 18+  is estimated at 19516688 persons. The draft electoral roll now contains 19501053 voters these covering approximately 99.92% of the eligible population. In Punjab main gap lies in the age-cohort of 18-19 years where the coverage is only 5,75,736 against an estimate of 11,25,422 eligible persons. In order to target this gap, special campaigns have been launched in educational institutions and through partner organizations and Government Departments.

The Election Commission has organized intensive training of all its functionaries down to the BLO level to ensure smooth and hassle free enrolment of voters or correction in the roll. ECI has imposed ban on transfers of Electoral registration related officers and staff to all Departments. The Draft electoral Roll can be seen on the CEO’s website on which there is also a search facility on the basis of name. Separately, an SMS based query system is also available by sending a message CEOPJB < SPACE> <EPIC NUMBER> and sent it to the following number (+917738299899). The CEOs helpline 1950 has also been activated and upgraded for the revision period.

The CEO invited representative of all political parties to inform them regarding this revision programme and to seek their cooperation in taking this message to all citizens who have not been enrolled till now. Copies of the Draft roll (of State) has been handed over to representatives of  the political parties. They have been requested to appoint Booth Level Agents in all the polling booths to assist the BLO and ERO in making the rolls clean and healthy.

The District Election Offices & Electoral Registration Offices also held a meeting today with all representatives of political parties in all districts of Punjab. They have also been given a copy of CD containing the draft electoral rolls.

All BLOs and supervisors are expected to be in the field on 17th , 19th , 30th October, and 2nd November, 2014 . Teachers who are BLOs will attend to this work after school hours so that the studies of the students are not adversely affected.

The Chief Electoral Officer has reviewed the special summary revision arrangements with Deputy Commissioners through video conference and directed to ensure the meticulous compliance of the ECI’s guidelines to improve the health of the electoral rolls.

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