Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission today held an important discussion with representatives of various political parties at its conference room to prepare a clean, impartial and error-free voter list for the upcoming Panchayat and Urban Elections-2027.The meeting was chaired by State Election Commissioner Madhusudan Padhi.
Representatives of various political parties attended the meeting and gave their views and suggestions on preparation of the voter list.
In the meeting, the political parties were informed about the house-to-house survey to be started from October 26. Through this survey, the voter list will be made more accurate and updated, names of eligible voters will be correctly included and information related to ineligible, transferred or deceased voters will be verified.
The Commission requested all political parties to actively cooperate in the survey and deploy their Booth Level Agents (BLAs) in all polling stations and ensure their active participation during the survey.
The parties have been asked to submit BLA data to the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) and BDO for rural areas, Executive Officer for urban areas (NAC and Municipality) and Deputy Commissioner / Assistant Commissioner for Municipal Corporations by October 15.Padhi said an accurate and error-free voter list is the basic foundation of a healthy and fair election system. Cleanliness, impartiality and participation of all will be emphasized at every stage, he said.
The meeting also discussed voter cooperation during the survey, data collection by survey teams, and addition, deletion and correction of names in the voter list. The Commission called upon all stakeholders to play a cooperative role so that no eligible person’s name is deleted and no ineligible person is included.
Representatives of political parties gave various suggestions and assured to provide necessary cooperation in the survey process. The entire voter list preparation process will be carried out as per prescribed rules and guidelines, the SEC said.
