Handbook for Electoral Registration Officers - Election Commission ...

streets, important buildings like polling stations, post office, health centres etc.Thereafter the elector details in prescribed format shall be provided. At the end ofroll of a part, there shall be a Summary Sheet (Annexure 1.2b).35. These parts shall further be organized into geographically identifiable ‘sections’.Under these ‘sections’, household-wise elector’s details shall be entered. In thenormal course, a building should not be scattered into different sections. A newsection should always start with a new page. There is no limit on how manysections can be created in a part.36. The elector details are arranged in 8-column format in a ‘text roll’ and photographof the elector is provided additionally, in case of a ‘photo roll’. A sample ofelector detail of photo roll is at Annexure 1.3a and of text roll is at Annexure1.3b.37. Sub-rule (4) of Rule 5 of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960 indicates thatthe number of the names to be included in any part should not ordinarily exceed2000. The Commission has however, with voter’s convenience in mind, hasdesired that a part should not have more than 1200 electors in urban areaand1000 electors in rural area.38. The last part of the roll will have the list of Service Voters (SVs). Service votersare such electors in Armed Forces, Armed Police Forces of States working outsidethe state and Government of India Employees who are posted outside India whobut for their service qualification would have resided in that particular AC. . (Formore details please refer Chapter IX)Polling Stations39. Each part of the electoral roll shall cover a well defined and compact geographicalarea. For each such area there shall be a polling station (precinct) where theDistrict Election Officer/Returning Officer shall facilitate voting by the electors ofthat part. Under Section 25 of Representation of People’s Act (RPA), 1951, theDEO is responsible for providing the polling stations. As explained,corresponding to each of the polling station, there shall be an (‘part’ of the)electoral roll wherein all the registered voters residing within that well definedpolling station area shall be enlisted.40. The number and name (and address) of the polling station shall be indicated onthe title page of the part concerned (of the roll). The part number of the electoralroll and the polling station number shall invariably be same. At a particularpolling station, arrangements for receiving the votes of electors belonging to thatpart would be made on the appointed day of polling.41. The Commission has directed that the polling station should made in such a waythat an elector normally should not have to walk for more than 2 KMs in order toexercise the franchise. Now, the Commission orders for rationalization of pollingstations as a separate activity before every annual revision8