District Election Section

Activity and function of the Section

District Magistrate discharges function as District Election Officer for election related activities. Hence, all activities of Office of the District Election Officer is undertaken and monitored from this section. Major activities round the year are summarised below:

Special Summary Revision of Photo Electoral Roll

Summary Revision of Electoral Roll is conducted every year by the Election Commission of India in the month of August/September with reference to the 1st January of next year. Draft Electoral Roll is published at the beginning of each Special Summary Revision of Photo electoral Roll (SRER) followed by a pre-scheduled period for filing of claims and objections.
During the period of claims ad objections, one officer named as Designated Officer (DO) sits at the polling station to receive claims and objections. BLO sits at polling station one special campaign days, meet the stake holders and enquires the claims and objections received.
Form 6- Application for Inclusion of Name in Electoral Roll for first time Voter or Shifting from one Constituency to Another Constituency. Form 7- Application for Objecting Inclusion of Name of Other Person/Seeking Deletion of Own Name/Seeking Deletion of Any Other Person’s Name in Electoral Roll due to Death/Shifting. Form 8-Application for Correction to Particulars Entered in Electoral Roll
Form 8A-Application for Transposition of Entry in Electoral Roll (in case of Shifting from one Place of Residence to Another Place of Residence within Same Constituency).
Elector may visit his/her nearest polling stations and submit his/her form.
There is option to submit claims and objection through online mode (http://www.nvsp.in/) also.
After disposal of all claims and objections, Final Electoral Roll is published in the month of January in next year with reflection of all inclusion, deletion and correction in the form of a supplement.
Community Development schemes are undertaken in ITDP areas, service deficient areas and non-Scheduled areas for creation and upgradation of critical infrastructure that are required to improve the economy in tribal and backward areas under Article 275 (1) of the constitution.
Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) is distributed among newly enrolled electors on and from 25th January every year.

Continuous Updation of Electoral Roll

The exercise of Continuous Updation continues throughout the year (except the period of SRER) where claims and objections are being submitted at the office of the Electoral Registration Officer.
Elector may visit Block office, ERO Office or contact the BLO to submit his /her form.
He/She can also login to http://www.nvsp.in/ and submit his/her form through online mode.

Conduct of Election

General Election to House of People & General Election to the Legislative Assembly - These elections are generally conducted at five year’s intervals. All the activities are conducted as per notification and direction of Election Commission of India and Office of the Chief electoral Officer, West Bengal.
Bi Election: Conducted as per notification of Election Commission of India whenever necessity arises.

Celebration of National Voters Day (NVD)

National Voters Day is celebrated across the country to felicitate newly enrolled electors with electoral photo identity card (EPICs) and to refresh our pledge to strengthen functioning of democracy in our country as a whole with an objective to maximize inclusive and ethical participation of citizens in electoral processes. NVD is celebrated at every polling station, Block, Sub-Division & District HQ on 25th January every year through different programmes and activities e.g. cultural programmes, quiz, extempore competition, felicitation of best performing EROs, BLOs etc.

Enrolment of Service Voter in the last part of electoral roll:

Registration of Service Elector is being done through online portal (http://servicevoter.nic.in/) through which service personnel (Defence service/Armed Police/Foreign Service) could apply through their respective Record offices.
All such applications are sent to EROs for disposal through the Office of the District Election Officer.

Other Activities:

BLO House to House Survey: Conducted in every year for updation of polling station related data to ascertain population, left out electors eligible for inclusion, prospective electors who will be eligible for inclusion in next year and identifying details of corrections required in general information of Electoral Roll and that of particulars of electors.
Sit and Draw Competition: This competition is organised on Teacher’s Day (5th September) at different levels e.g. School, Block, Sub Division, District Head Quarter, State and National Level for students of 14-17 years’s age group. Election Commission of India selects themes in each year for generating awareness among the participants on different aspects of basic electoral literacy.
ECI National Level Quiz: This programme has been introduced from 2017 and was organized at various tiers starting from School, Block, District, State and Natonal levels to educate school students on basic electoral literacy. Would be electors i.e students of age group of 14-17 year’s are the target group of this programme.

Citizen Services offered by the Section

Any citizen can make a complaint through toll free number (1950) or in written form or personally. He/She is guided by the district complaint management team and complaints are being addressed:

Details of Officials of District Complaint Management Team:

Sl.	Name	Designation		Contact No	e-Mail
01	Sri Surajit Bose, WBCS (Exe)	Additional District Magistrate (General)	ADM-in-Charge, Complaints	033-25846205	admg24p[at]gmail[dot]com
02	Sri Prem Bibhas Kansari, WBCS (Exe)	Officer-in-Charge, Election	Officer-in-Charge, Complaint	033-25846230	complaint.elecn24[at]gmail[dot]com
03	Sri Sushanta Nandy,	UDA	Dealing Assistant	033-25846231	complaint.elecn24[at]gmail[dot]com

citizen can also lodge complaint through online mode in following two(2) links i.e:

All the complaints are disposed in a time bound manner and with an intimation to the complainant .

District Contact Centre:

As per direction of Election commission of India, District contact Centre (DCC) has been introduced at the Office of the District Magistaret & District Election Officer. It is operational on all working days and one official is posted at DCC to guide and help citizens on election related issues through phone, e-Mail and face to face interaction. Any citizen can personally visit to District Contact Centre or call in toll free number (1950).

Name	Contact No
District Contact Centre	1950

Permanent EPIC Centres:

Permanent EPIC Centre are operational at all Sub-Divisions where any citizen can get his duplicate EPICs for damaged or lost cases. The contact details are as follows:

Sl.	Name of the Sub-Dvision	Name of the Officer looking after PEC	Designation	Contact No	Name of the Staff	Designation	Contact No
01	Barasat	Smt.Madhumita Singh Ghosh, WBCS (Exe)	Deputy Magistrate & Deputy Collector	033-25846218	Sushanto Halder	Computer Operator	033-25846398
02	Barrackpore	Sri Samik Ghosh, WBCS (Exe)	Deputy Magistrate & Deputy Collector	033-25921566	Parimal Biswas	Data Entry Operator	033-25921566
03	Basirhat	Sanjay Hawlader, WBCS (Exe)	Deputy Magistrate & Deputy Collector	03217-265297	Bagbul Islam	SHC	03217-265297
04	Bongaon	Sri Santanu Biswas WBCS (Exe)	Deputy Magistrate & Deputy Collector	03215-255046	SRI MANAS CHAKRABORTY	UDA	03215-255046
05	Bidhannagar	Sri Satyabrata Halder, WBCS (Exe.)	Deputy Magistrate & Deputy Collector	033-23596097	Sri Niranjan Shaw	Data Entry Operator	033-23596097

Voter Facilitation Centres at Blocks (VFC):

Voter facilitation Centres are located at each and every Block manned by dedicated officials. VFC facilitates citizens on Registration process for filling up Forms, answering queries related to election, grievance redressal etc.

Contact Details of VFCs of North 24 Parganas:

Sl.	Name of the Block	Name of the Officer/Official looking after VFC	Designation	E-mail	Contact No
01	Habra-I	Dipankar Ghosh	Co - Oprative Inspector	bdohabra1[at]gmail[dot]com	953216-237040
02	Habra-II	Biswanath Paik	BWO	bdohabra2[at]gmail[dot]com	953216-227074
03	Amdanga	Tamal Banerjee	AAEO	amdanga[at]gmail[dot]com	953216-260093
04	Barasat-I	Sanjib Chakraborty	Co - Oprative Inspector	bdobst1[at]gmail[dot]com	(033)2552-3344
05	Barasat-II	Pinaki Bhowmik	IDO	barasat2[at]gmail[dot]com	953216-277238
06	Deganga	Prabal Roy	Dy. Sec	bdodeganga[at]gmail[dot]com	953216-242243
07	Rajarhat	Sudipta Chakraborty	Co - Oprative Inspector	rajarhatbdo[at]gmail[dot]com	(033)2573-6386
08	Barrackpore-I	Syed Moksudur Chowdhury	PDO	barrackpore1[at]gmail[dot]com	(033)2581-2317
09	Barrackpore-II	Jaydev Sarder	IDO	barrackpore2.block[at]gmail[dot]com	(033)2537-6098
10	Swarupnagar	Tapas Kr. Mandal	Jt. BDO	bdoswarupnagar[at]gmail[dot]com	953217-253369
11	Baduria	Smt. Srabani Dutta	LLEMOE	bdobaduria[at]gmail[dot]com	953217-238462
12	Haroa	Narayan Mondal	C.I.	bdoharoablock[at]gmail[dot]com	953217-248243
13	Minakhan	Bulu Das	BDMO	bdominakhan[at]gmail[dot]com>	953217-260103
14	Sandeshkhali-I	Sudhir Sankar Bhattacharyya	PDO	bdosandeshkhali1[at]gmail[dot]com	953217-252405
15	Sandeshkhali-II	Bhaskar Dhali	Insp BCW	bdosdk2[at]gmail[dot]com	953217-262050
16	Basirhat-I	Abul Kasem	BDMO	bdobasirhat1[at]gmail[dot]com	953217-265208
17	Hasnabad	Kaushik Deb	BDMO	bdohasnabad2[at]gmail[dot]com>	953217-234478
18	Basirhat-II	Sudip Das	BDMO	bdobasirhat2[at]gmail[dot]com	953217-249238
19	Hingalganj	Jaladip Bala	IDO	bdo.hingalgunj.new[at]gmail[dot]com	953217-251229
20	BDO, Bongaon	Palash Kanti Biswas	A.O., BDO, Bongaon	bongaonbdo[at]gmail[dot]com	953215-255059
21	BDO, Bagdah	Ashok Kumar Barai	C.I., BDO, Bagdah	bdobagdah[at]gmail[dot]com	953215-263244
22	BDO, Gaighata	JIBON KANAI MONDAL	Jt. BDO, Gaighata	bdogaighata[at]gmail[dot]com	953215-250048
23	Rajarhat	Hasnat Ali	JT. BDO	rajarhatbdo[at]gmail[dot]com	(033)2573-6386

Glimpses of SVEEP Activities in the District

Rally organised at Barasat as a part of SVEEP activities during SRER-2018

Tableau of District during

Few Moments of Friendly Cricket Match between District Election Officer XI Vs Journalist XI as a part of SVEEP Programme during SRER 2018

District Election Officer during inauguration of the Cricket Match

District Innitiative and Various meeting with various wings of Service Electors for facilitating their registration process:

Glimpses of Awareness generation activities of Service Personnel

Achievements

District Magistrate & District Election Officer, Ms Antara Acharya,IAS has been awarded National Award-2017 for Best Electoral Practices in Electoral Roll category from Hon’ble President of India on NVD i.e. 25th January,2018.

Health Indices of Electoral Roll of Different Assebmly Constituenccies

No	Name	Male	Female	Third Gender	Total	EP ratio	Gender Ratio	% 18-19
94	BAGDAH (SC)	137733	125759	2	263494	0.76	913	3.04
95	BONGAON UTTAR (SC)	120186	115676	3	235865	0.72	962	2.67
96	BONGAON DAKSHIN (SC)	118701	113262	4	231967	0.71	954	2.98
97	GAIGHATA (SC)	119013	114462	5	233480	0.71	962	2.84
98	SWARUPNAGAR (SC)	120259	113850	3	234112	0.73	947	3.25
99	BADURIA	118200	112842	0	231042	0.71	955	2.98
100	HABRA	117075	111221	11	228307	0.75	950	2.60
101	ASHOKNAGAR	118624	116047	1	234672	0.73	978	2.66
102	AMDANGA	116305	108060	7	224372	0.73	929	2.91
103	BIJPUR	93975	88033	3	182011	0.59	937	1.62
104	NAIHATI	93033	91048	3	184084	0.54	979	2.14
105	BHATPARA	80334	65638	1	145973	0.47	817	1.64
106	JAGATDAL	111860	103576	4	215440	0.60	926	1.96
107	NOAPARA	124563	121955	4	246522	0.66	979	1.74
108	BARRACKPUR	105556	98810	4	204370	0.62	936	1.58
109	KHARDAHA	107157	105049	5	212211	0.63	980	2.02
110	DUM DUM UTTAR	123747	124392	7	248146	0.66	1005	1.89
111	PANIHATI	108212	108285	5	216502	0.60	1001	1.62
112	KAMARHATI	94328	90281	3	184612	0.53	957	1.58
113	BARANAGAR	101704	103968	6	205678	0.59	1022	1.58
114	DUM DUM	111879	113554	4	225437	0.64	1015	1.67
115	RAJARHAT NEW TOWN	127602	121050	7	248659	0.79	949	2.23
116	BIDHAN NAGAR	113097	115239	6	228342	0.63	1019	1.25
117	RAJARHAT GOPALPUR	115757	118202	18	233977	0.78	1021	1.33
118	MADHYAMGRAM	127467	123111	4	250582	0.78	966	2.24
119	BARASAT	129008	127859	8	256875	0.77	991	2.23
120	DEGANGA	116474	108069	5	224548	0.70	928	2.75
121	HAROA	126441	115336	6	241783	0.68	912	2.60
122	MINAKHAN (SC)	114925	105592	6	220523	0.68	919	3.24
123	SANDESHKHALI (ST)	115732	109162	4	224898	0.70	943	3.49
124	BASIRHAT DAKSHIN	131637	127670	3	259310	0.70	970	2.83
125	BASIRHAT UTTAR	129750	120995	5	250750	0.69	933	3.17
126	HINGALGANJ (SC)	112397	105917	3	218317	0.70	942	3.08
Total		3802731	3643970	160	7446861	0.67	958	2.37

Officials and Staffs

Name	Designation	Contact
Sri Prem Bibhas Kansari, WBCS (Exe)	Officer-in-Charge	033-25846230
Sri Chandan Chatterjee	System Manager	033-25846232
Sri Mriganka Bal	SHC	033-25846231
Sri Shushanta Nandy	UDA	033-25846231
Sri Chandan Ghosh	UDA	033-25846231
Sankar Roy	Gr-D	033-25846231
Sahadeb Mondal	Gr-D	033-25846231
Swapan Kumar Kar	Gr-D	033-25846231
Nitai Mukherjee	Gr-D	033-25846231

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