Latest District Election Officer News & Updates

Chennai, April 14 (IANS) In a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at easing voter movement and reducing confusion, polling locations across all 16 Assembly constituencies in Chennai will be colour-coded for the upcoming elections. The move is expected to significantly improve navigation at large polling centres where multiple booths operate within the same premises. Announcing the initiative, District Election Officer J. Kumaragurubaran said the colour-coding system will be implemented at polling…

Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) West Bengal Police on Tuesday refuted allegations made by Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari regarding handling of postal ballots by reserve officers of the state police for upcoming Assembly polls. In a post on X, West Bengal Police said, “The allegation raised is strongly refuted.There is no scope for the collection of Postal Ballots (PB) from police personnel by Reserve Officers. PBs are issued only by the Presiding Officer at the Postal Votin…

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 22 (IANS) After the house-to-house enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll concluded on December 18, election authorities in Kerala are preparing to launch a focused drive to enrol new voters following the publication of the draft electoral rolls on Tuesday. Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar said the special enrolment drive would primarily target citizens who have attained the age of 18 as well as eligible voters who…