Assam State Election Commission published photo electoral roll for panchayat poll

 STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The Assam State Election Commission (ASEC) published the final photo electoral roll today for the ensuing panchayat election in the state. According to the State Election Commission, Assam has 1,78,00,127 electors-89,86,963 males, 88,12,885 females, and 279 others-in gaon panchayat areas in the state.

According to the ASEC, the state has 420 ZPCs (Zila Parishad Constituencies), 185 APs (Anchalik Panchayats), 2,195 GPs (Gaon Panchayats), and 21,936 GP wards. The total number of polling stations in gaon panchayat areas in the state is 23,640.

The five-year term of the panchayats in the state is nearing expiry, necessitating the Assam State Election Commission to publish the electoral roll.

According to the Assam State Election Commission, it took initiatives to prepare the panchayat electoral roll digitally in the state using an online electoral management system (OERMS) developed by the NIC (national informatics centre). The OERMS, which is a web-based application software, was customised to meet the nuances of the electoral roll. The digital electoral roll enhances transparency, accessibility, and purity. This has been done for the first time in the panchayat election in Assam, the commission said.

The final electoral roll is also published on the OERMS website of the Assam State Election Commission, viz., https://ermssec.assam.gov.in, and electors can check their names either through their EPIC (Electors Photo Identity Card) already allotted by the Election Commission of India by simply clicking the steps in “Search by EPIC number” orbym downloading the “PDF photo electoral roll” from the citizen corner of the website.

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