Answer: The same Article 324 also vests in the Commission the powers of superintendence, direction and control of the elections to both Houses of Parliament. Detailed provisions are made under the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and the rules made thereunder.

Answer: Article 324 (1) also vests in the Commission the powers of superintendence, direction and control of the elections to both Houses of the State Legislature. Detailed provisions are made under the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and the rules made thereunder.

Answer: The State Election Commissions constituted under the Constitution (Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth) Amendments Act, 1992 for each State / Union Territory are vested with the powers of conduct of elections to the Corporations, Muncipalities, Zilla Parishads, District Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis, Gram Panchayats and other local bodies.They are independent of the Election Commission of India.

Answer: At present, the Election Commission of India is a three-member body, with one Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners.

Answer: Under Article 324(2) of the Constitution of India, the President of India is empowered to appoint the Chief Election Commissioner and the Election Commissioners.

Answer: As per section 13A of the Representation of the People Act 1950, read with section 20 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of a State/ Union Territory is authorised to supervise the election work in the State/Union Territory subject to the overall superintendence, direction and control of the Election Commission.

Answer: The Election Commission of India nominates or designates an Officer of the Government of the State/Union Territory as the Chief Electoral Officer in consultation with that State Government/Union Territory Administration.

Answer: As per section 13AA of the Representation of the People Act 1950, subject to the superintendence, direction and control of the Chief Electoral Officer, the District Election Officer (DEO) supervises the election work of a district.

Answer: The Election Commission of India nominates or designates an Officer of the State Government as the District Election Officer in consultation with the State Government.

Answer: For every constituency, there is a voters list Article 326 of the Constitution, and Sec. 19 of R. P. Act, 1950 stipulate that the minimum age for registration of a voter is 18 years.

Answer: No. Earlier, the age for registration of a voter was 21 years. Through the 61st amendment Act, 1988 of the Constitution read with Act 21 of 1989 amending the R. P. Act, 1950, the minimum age of registration of a voter has been brought down to 18 years. This has been made effective from 28th March, 1989.

Answer: According to Section 14 (b) of the R. P. Act, 1950, the qualifying date means the first day of January of the year in which the electoral roll is prepared or revised.

Answer: No. A person who is not a citizen of India cannot be registered as a voter. Article 326 of the Constitution read with Sec. 16 of R. P. Act, 1950 clarify the point.

Answer: No. If you are working in Delhi and residing there, you are an ordinary resident of Delhi in terms of Sec 19 (b). Therefore you can be enrolled at Delhi only and not in your native village.

Answer: You have to submit a filled in Form - 6 to the ERO of the Assembly Constituency.

Answer: For incorporation of corrections in the Electoral Rolls, You have to submit Form - 8 to the ERO of the Assembly Constituency.
Following are the various forms useful for registration as voter, corrections, change in address etc.
For inclusion of namesForm 6
For any objection on inclusion of namesForm 7
For correction of entries in the Electoral Rolls Form 8
For transposition of entry in electoral roll Form 8A

Answer: In case the new residence is in the same constituency please fill Form 8A otherwise form 6 and submit to the ERO (SDM) or the AERO of the area of your new residence.

Answer: First of all please ensure that you have enrolled yourself in the Electoral Roll of the concerned AC, where you are now residing following the procedure given in Ans. No.18. Subsequently, a new card at the present address will be issued to you.

Answer: You can get your EPIC Card rectified by depositing it in the Office of the ERO concerned.

Answer: Ration Card is not necessary, however, you can show any other proof of residence like Passport, Bank Pass Book, Driving license etc. or any Govt. document to facilitate the work of registration.

Answer: To get enrolled in the voter list is your statutory right. Please check the Electoral roll of your area at ERO/AERO office. If your name is not included please fill up Form 6 and submit it to the ERO.

Answer: You can submit the proof of Date of Birth from the authorized agency (Passport, Matric certificate, Date of Birth certificate etc.)

Answer: You can check your name in the draft roll, which will be published and available at the office of the ERO concerned to confirm that your name exists in the roll.

Answer: You may submit an application in white paper along with a fee of Rs. 25/-, to the Electoral Registration Officer in charge of you area, with copy/details of the lost EPIC.

Answer: The Electoral Registration officer (ERO) is responsible for the preparation of electoral rolls for an Assembly Constituency which itself is the roll for the Parliamentary Constituency in so far as that Assembly Segment is concerned.

Answer: Under section 13B of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, the Election Commission of India, in consultation with the State/UT Government, appoints an Officer of the Government or the Local Authorities as the Electoral Registration Officer. In addition, the Election Commission of India also appoints one or more Assistant Electoral Registration Officers to assist the Electoral Registration Officer in the performance of his functions in the matter of preparation/revision of electoral rolls.

Answer: The Returning Officer (RO) of a parliamentary or assembly constituency is responsible for the conduct of elections in the parliamentary or assembly constituency concerned as per section 21 of the Representation of the People Act 1951.

Answer: The Election Commission of India nominates or designates an officer of the Government or a local authority as the Returning Officer for each of the assembly and parliamentary constituencies in consultation with the State Government/Union Territory Administration. In addition, the Election Commission of India also appoints one or more Assistant Returning Officers for each of the assembly and parliamentary constituencies to assist the Returning Officer in the performance of his functions in connection with the conduct of elections.

Ans. Every Indian citizen who has attained the age of 18 years on the qualifying date i.e. first of January of the year of revision of electoral roll, unless otherwise disqualified, is eligible to be registered as a voter in the roll of the part/polling area of the constituency where he is ordinarily resident.

Ans. Yes, according to the provisions of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2010, a person who is a citizen of India and who has not acquired the citizenship of any other country and is otherwise eligible to be registered as a voter and who is absenting from his place of ordinary residence in India owing to his employment, education or otherwise is eligible to be registered as a voter in the constituency in which his place of residence in India as mentioned in his passport is located.

Ans. No. A person cannot be enrolled as a voter in more than one place in view of the provisions contained under Section 17 and 18 of R.P. Act, 1950. Likewise, no person can be enrolled as an elector more than once in any electoral roll.

Ans. He/she has to file the application for the purpose in prescribed Form 6A before the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) of the constituency within which the place of ordinary residence of the applicant in India as given in his/her valid passport falls. The application can be presented in person before the ERO or sent by post addressed to the ERO concerned. If the application is sent by post it must be accompanied by a self attested copy of the passport and all relevant documents mentioned in Form.

Ans. It can be downloaded from the website of Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala. Form 6A is also available free of cost in Indian Missions in foreign countries and in the offices of EROs in India.

Ans. Postal addresses of all EROs are available on the website of Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala. They can also be obtained from Indian Missions in Foreign countries.

Ans. One recent passport size coloured photograph, Photocopy of relevant pages of the passport of the applicant containing his/her photograph and all other particulars and self attested photocopy of the pages of passport containing the valid visa.

Ans. If, the application is sent by post, the photo-copy of the documents referred to in the answer to question 36 above should be enclosed. If the application is submitted in person before the ERO, the original passport should be produced for verification.

Ans. It can be seen on the website of the Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala. It also can be seen on the notice board of the ERO.

Ans. Normally personal appearance or hearing is not necessary. If all necessary documents are enclosed with the application, the ERO can include the name in the Electoral Roll after the statutory notice period of seven days is over.
Application in form 6A can be sent by post. However if an applicant wishes to submit his application in person to the ERO, he can do so along with the original passport, which shall be returned to him after due verification and attestation of the documents by the ERO. (In case there is an objection to the claim of inclusion of name, the ERO may designate an officer fom the Mission concerned to hear the parties who will send a report to the ERO for final disposal.)

Ans. The ERO is the competent authority to verify claim applications and the accompanying documents and also consider objections, if any.

Ans. The decision of the ERO will be communicated to the applicant by post on his address in the foreign country given by him in form 6A and also by SMS on the mobile number given by him in form 6A. Electoral Rolls are also available on the website of the Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala, in PDF format and can be seen by anybody.

Ans. Names of overseas electors are included in the relevant part of the electoral roll of the constituency where his place of residence in India as mentioned in his passport is located. Within that the relevant part a separate section for "Overseas Electors" is created in the roll and names of overseas electors are kept in this section.

Ans. For correction of mistakes in Electoral Rolls, an application in Form-8 is to be submitted to the ERO concerned.

Ans. Any person who is a voter in the concerned constituency may object to the inclusion of names in electoral roll on the ground that the person whose names is included or is proposed to be included is not eligible to be registered as a voter in that constituency. An objection can be made in Form 7 to the concerned ERO along with the relevant proof.

Ans. Yes. In such a case the person can then be registered as a general elector at the place where he is ordinarily resident in India.

Ans. After enrolment, an overseas elector will be able to cast his vote in an election in the Constituency, in person, at the polling station provided for the part where he is registered as an overseas elector, subject to the production of his original passport.

Ans. Please get enrolled in the electoral roll in the new place by submitting application in Form6 with proof of present residence, along with old EPIC, to the ERO of the Assembly constituency where you now reside.