Special revision campaign of photo voter lists from today

A special revision campaign of photo voter lists will be held from October 29 to November 28 in Shimla district.

A meeting was held today under the chairmanship of District Election Officer and Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shimla Anupam Kashyap with recognised political parties in connection with the "Special Revision of Photo Voter Lists-2025" in Shimla district.

The DC said as per the instructions of the Election Commission of India (ECI), a special revision campaign of photo voter lists was being conducted considering January 1, 2025, as the eligibility date. Under the campaign, the special summary revision would be held from October 29 to November 28 in all eight Assembly constituencies of the district.

He appealed to the representatives of political parties to extend their full cooperation in the campaign. Representatives of political parties and officials of the Election Department were also present at the meeting.

During this period, claims and objections would be received and after taking a decision on these, the voter lists would be published in final form on January 6, 2025. Under the campaign, the names of any eligible citizen who had completed 18 years on January 1, 2025, and was a resident of that area would be registered in the voter list.

Apart from this, any eligible citizen who is completing 18 years on April 1, July 1, and October 1, 2025, can also submit his or her application in advance on Form 6 during this period of the special campaign to get his name included in the electoral roll.

The District Election Officer said during the period of filing claims/objections, special campaign days had been fixed at each polling station on November 9 and 10 and November 23-24. On November 13 and 26, special help desks would be set up by the booth level officer in government/private educational and technical institutions, in which the students studying in the said institutions who were eligible to become voters would be provided facilities for registration.

Kashyap said people could verify their names in the current photo voter list by visiting the website http://ceohimachal.nic.in. Apart from this, e-registration facility was also available through Voter Service Portal (VSP)/Voter Helpline App (VHA), through which online forms could be filled.