The Administrative Machinery
Election Commission of India (ECI)
 Superintendence, direction and control of the
preparation of Electoral Rolls for all elections to
Parliament and State Legislature under Article 324 of
Constitution of India
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)
 Is a Government officer nominated by ECI in consultation with
State Government under Section 13 A of RPA, 1950
 Supervises the preparation and revision of Electoral Rolls of all
Constituencies in State
District Election Officer (DEO)
 Is a Government officer (District Collectors/ District Magistrates, Deputy
Commissioner) appointed in each district generally under Section 13 AA of
RPA, 1950
 Coordinates and supervises all work related to preparation & revision of
Electoral Rolls in his District
 More than one DEO can be appointed on ECIs decision
Electoral Registration Officers (ERO)
 Is a Government officer nominated by ECI in consultation
with State Government under Section 13B of RPA, 1950
 Responsible to prepare and revise the Electoral Roll
 Employs persons to help him in execution of his role
Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AERO)
 Appointed under Section 13C of RPA,1950 to assist EROs in
execution of their functions.
 Competent to perform all the functions of ERO under the
control of ERO
Who is ERO?
Electoral Registration Officer (ERO)
“ERO is a person who has a statutory duty to
compile and maintain the Electoral Roll i.e. the
preparation and revision of the Electoral Roll”
ERO should know existing provisions of :
• Representation of People Act (RPA) 1950
• Registration of Elector Rules (RER) 1960
• ECI Orders and Directions
• J&K Representation of peoples act
• J &k Conduct of elector Rules
Broad outlines of Duties of EROs
ERO is responsible for:
• Drawing a detailed plan of action for completion of revision as
directed by ECI
• Procuring different types of Forms and Stationery
• Identifying and selecting various functionaries like BLO,
Designated Officer etc.
• Preparing and providing training modules for BLOs and
Designated Officers by Master trainers
• Publishing Draft Roll by making a copy of Roll available for
inspection
• Publicizing notice in Form 5
• Supplying copies of Draft Roll to recognized political Parties in
the State
Broad outlines of Duties of EROs
• Calling for a meeting of political parties to request their
suggestion or corrections on published Roll
• Maintaining list of received Forms 6,7,8 and 8A in format
9,10,11 and 11A
• Conducting enquiry about claims & objections
• Issuing notices for hearing of claims and objections cases
• Reviewing and monitoring the quality of work of AEROs,
Supervisors, DOs and BLOs
• Including names inadvertently omitted or deleted
• Publishing Final Roll after incorporating the decisions and
inaccuracies
• Supplying copies of finally published Roll to every recognized
political Parties of that State
• Analyzing Electoral Roll data in prescribed Formats