General Election 2026 

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 September 15, 2025

General Election 2026

 

General Election 2026, total procedure and updated news for General Election, Polling Personnel Training Materials in Bengali & English and data of Polling Personnel of district in the prescribed Format, download Notification and PP-2 Format for General Election.

• Election Commission doubles the remuneration for Booth Level Officers, Enhances remuneration for BLO Supervisors, ECI also decides to give honorarium to ERO and AEROs, No. ECI/PN/279/2025  Dated: 02.08.2025

• Election Commission enhances remuneration for Presiding Officers, Polling Officers, Counting personnel, Micro Observers and other officials, Enhances honorarium for Dy. DEOs, CAPF personnel, Sector Officers, Enhances the rates for Food/ Refreshment for polling /Counting duty, No. ECI/PN/285/2025  Dated: 08.08.2025

• Rationalization of Polling Stations 2025, No.1646-Home(Elec)  Dated: 09.06.2025

• Appointment of Booth Level Officers 2025, No.2053(24)-Home(Elec) dated:24.06.2025

• Checking the disposal of Form 6, Memo No.2617-Home(Elec) Dated: 28.07.2025

• Irregularities in disposal of Form-6 applications in AC No.137-Baruipur Purba & AC No. Moyna -West Bengal State regarding, No.30/WB/ES-11/2025  Date: 08.08.2025

• Media Invitation 2025, No. ECI/PN/291/2025 Date: 16.08.2025

• Preparation of Election personnel database for General Election  to WBLA 2026, No.3421-Home(Elec) Dated: 18.09.2025, download Schedule

Update of Office information and Employee Data for General Election to WBLA 2026, Order No. 2(1792)PPC/WBLA/2025  Date: 19.09.2025, download User Manual

Initial Appropriate Disciplinary action against the Teachers / Non-teaching Staff

Memo No. 1445/SE  Date:27.08.2025, Ref: Memo No.684(7)/Elec Date:20.08.2025 of the Office of the District Magistrate, Hooghly (Election Department)

• Book a call with BLO-New module launched on ECI Net-regarding, No.23/BLO/2025-ERS Date:20.09.2025

• Information under RTI Act 2005-regarding, No.4/RTI/223/2025-ERS/8132 Date:22.09.2025

• Appointment of Teachers as Booth level Officers–regarding, No.3542-Home(Elec), Date:25.09.2025

• SIR of Electoral Roll in Bihar successfully completed ECI thanks all the Electors of Bihar for making this exercise a grand success, Final Electoral Roll published today: includes nearly 7.42 Crore electors, No. ECI/PN/313/2025 Date:30.09.2025

• Mapping of BLO in Bengali language

• Electors on the Voter List can display any one of 12 alternative Photo ID apart from EPIC to Vote of General Election 2025, No. ECI/PN/324/2025 Date: 10.10.2025

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Enhances remuneration for BLO & BLO Supervisors 2025

No. ECI/PN/279/2025  Dated: 02.08.2025

Election Commission doubles the remuneration for Booth Level Officers

Enhances remuneration for BLO Supervisors

ECI also decides to give honorarium to ERO and AEROs

➤Press Note 2025 (Click here)

                 Pure electoral rolls are the bedrock of democracy. The electoral roll machinery, consisting of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), BLO Supervisors and Booth Level Officers (BLOs), do a lot of hard work and play a pivotal role in preparation of impartial and transparent electoral rolls. The Commission has therefore, decided to double the annual remuneration for BLOs and also enhanced the remuneration of BLO Supervisors involved in the preparation and revision of electoral rolls. The last such revision was done in 2015. Also, honorarium has been provided for EROs and AEROs for the first time.

Sr No	Designation	Existing since 2015	Revised now
1.	Booth Level Officer (BLO)	Rs.6000/-	Rs.12000/-
2.	Incentive to BLO for Revision of electoral roll	Rs.1000/-	Rs.2000/-
3.	BLO Supervisor	Rs.12000/-	Rs.18000/-
4.	AERO	Nil	Rs.25000/-
5.	ERP	Nil	Rs.30000

           Besides, this, the Commission had also approved a special incentive of Rs.6000/- for BLOs for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) starting from Bihar.

           This decision reflects the Election Commission’s commitment to adequately compensate election personnel who work tirelessly at the field level to maintain accurate electoral rolls, assist voters, and strengthen the electoral process.

Sd/-Apurva Kumar Singh

Assistant Director

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Enhances remuneration for Election 2026

No. ECI/PN/285/2025  Dated: 08.08.2025

Election Commission enhances remuneration for Presiding Officers, Polling Officers, Counting personnel, Micro Observers and other officials

Enhances honorarium for Dy. DEOs, CAPF personnel, Sector Officers 

Enhances the rates for Food/Refreshment for polling /Counting duty

 

➤Press Note 2025 (Click here)

 

                Conduct of elections involves diverse activities carried out by an election machinery consisting of officials and staff requisitioned from various departments of the Central Government, State Governments , PSUs, Local Authorities etc. During the election period, the entire machinery, deployed on the ground, performs arduous and sensitive duties, which extend for long hours and even continue for many months, so as to ensure a conducive environment wherein electors are able to exercise their franchise and elect a government of their choice.

                     For ensuring that personnel on election duty are compensated suitably, the Commission has decided to revise the rates of remuneration /honorarium to be paid to personnel on election duty.

                 The last such major revision of remuneration /honorarium was done between 2014 and 2016.

The details of old and new rates are as follows

 

REMUNERATION
Designation	Existing since 2014	Revised now
Presiding Officer & Counting Supervisor	Rs.350/- per day or part thereof	Rs.500/-per day or part thereof or Rs.2000 lump sum
Polling Officer	Rs.250/- per day or part thereof	Rs.4  v 6500/-per day or part thereof or Rs.1600 lump sum
Counting Assistant	Rs.250/- per day or part thereof	Rs.450/-per day or part thereof or Rs.1350 lump sum
Class IV employees for various duties	Rs.200/- per day or part thereof	Rs.350/-per day or part thereof or Rs.1400 lump sum
Class IV employees for call centre/ Control room	Rs.200/- per day or part thereof	Rs.1000 lump sum
Video Surveillance Team, Video Viewing Team, Accounting Team, Control Room and Call Centre Staff, Media Certification and Monitoring Committee, Flying Squads, Static Surveillance Team, Expenditure Monitoring Cell	Class-I/II: Rs.1200 Lump Sum Class-III: Rs.1000 Lump Sum	Class-I/II: Rs.3000 Lump Sum  Class-III: Rs.2000 Lump Sum
Micro Observer	Rs.1000 lump sum	Rs.2000 lump sum

FOOD/ REFRESHMENT
Packed Lunch and light refreshment for polling personnel, police personnel, personnel in mobile parties, Home Guards, Forest Guards, Gram Rakshak Dal, NCC cadets, Ex-Servicemen, Volunteers etc. deployed at all polling station/ Counting centres for election work.	Rs.150/- per day or part thereof	Rs.500/- per day or part thereof
HONORARIUM
Designation	Existing since 2016	Revised now
Dy. DEOs	Nil	Not less than basic pay of one month of the concerned employee.
Gazetted Officers of CAPF (Commandant, Ad hoc Commandant, Dy. Commandant, Assistant Commandant, Medical Officer and other equivalent ranks)	15 Days or Less: Rs.2500/- More than 15 days: Rs.1250/-per week	15 Days or Less: Rs.4000/- More than 15 days: Rs.2000/-per week
Subordinate Officers of CAPF (Inspector, Sub-Inspector, Asst. Sub-Inspector and other equivalent ranks)	15 Days or Less: Rs.2000/- More than 15 days: Rs.1000/-per week	15 Days or Less: Rs.3000/- More than 15 days: Rs.1500/-per week
Other Ranks of CAPF (Head Constable, Constable and equivalent ranks)	15 Days or Less: Rs.1500/- More than 15 days: @Rs.750/-per week	15 Days or Less: Rs.2500/- More than 15 days: Rs.1250/-per week
Assistant Expenditure Observer/Sector Officer/ Sector Police Officer	Rs.7500/- for full-time election duty or on pro-rata basis.	Rs.1000/- for full-time election duty or on pro-rata basis.

Sd/-Apurva Kumar Singh

Assistant Director

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Office of Chief Electoral Officer

West Bengal

21, N.S. Road, Kolkata 700 001

The Additional Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal

No.1646-Home(Elec)  Dated: 09.06.2025

➤Rationalization of Polling Stations 2025 (Click here)

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Appointment of Booth Level Officers 2025

Office of Chief Electoral Officer

West Bengal

21, N.S. Road, Kolkata 700 001

The Additional Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal

No.2053(24)-Home(Elec)  Dated: 24.06.2025

➤Booth Level Officers 2025 (Click here)

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Checking the disposal of Form 6

The Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal

Memo No.2617-Home(Elec)  Dated: 28.07.2025

➤Notification (Click here)

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Compliance Report

Irregularities in disposal of Form-6 applications in AC No.137-Baruipur Purba & AC No. Moyna -West Bengal State regarding

The secretary, Election Commission of India

No. 30/WB/ES-11/2025  Date: 08.08.2025

➤Download Notification (Click here)

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Media Invitation 2025

The Deputy Director, Election Commission of India

No. ECI/PN/291/2025  Date: 16.08.2025

➤Download Notification (Click here)

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Preparation of Election personnel database for GE to WBLA 2026

The Additional Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal

No.3421-Home(Elec)  Dated: 18.09.2025

Download Notification (Click here)

Calender of activities for preparation of database Election Personnel 

for General Election to WBLA 2026

Download Schedule for Database 2025 (Click here)

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Update of Office information & Employee Data for General Election 2026

The District Magistrate and District Election Officer

Dist: Murshidabad

Order No. 2(1792)PPC/WBLA/2025  Date: 19.09.2025

Update of Office information and Employee Data for General Election to WBLA 2026

Ref No. 3421 Home (Elec) Date:18.09.2025 of Additional Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal

Download Notification (Click here)

USER MANUAL.

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Alternative Photo ID to Vote of General Election 2026

The Deputy Director, Election Commission of India

No. ECI/PN/324/2025  Date: 10.10.2025

Press Note

Electors on the Voter List can display any one of 12 alternative Photo ID apart from EPIC to Vote

➤Download Press Note (Click here)

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Updated news regarding General Election 2026

           Updated news regarding General Election 2026 download pdf of Notification/Order/ Circular/ Memorandum for General Election

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1.	Initial Appropriate Disciplinary action against the Teachers / Non-teaching Staff Memo No. 1445/SE  Date:27.08.2025 Ref: Memo No.684(7)/Elec Date:20.08.2025 of the Office of the District Magistrate, Hooghly (Election Department)	Notification 27.08.2025
2.	Information under RTI Act 2005-regarding No.4/RTI/223/2025-ERS/8132 Date:22.09.2025	RTI Information 22.09.2025
3.	Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Roll in Bihar successfully completed ECI thanks all the Electors of Bihar for making this exercise a grand success Final Electoral Roll published today: includes nearly 7.42 Crore electors No. ECI/PN/313/2025  Date:30.09.2025	Press Note SIR Electoral Roll, Bihar 30.09.2025
4.	Mapping of BLO in Bengali language	BLO Mapping
5.	Book a call with BLO-New module launched on ECI Net-regarding No.23/BLO/2025-ERS Date:20.09.2025	Call Book 20.09.2025
6.	Appointment of Teachers as Booth level Officers-regarding No.3542-Home(Elec)  Date:25.09.2025	Appointment BLO 25.09.2025

➤SIR 2025 by Election Commission (Click here)

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