Patiala News:DC holds meeting with representatives of political parties regarding revision of voter lists under SSR-2026
Eligible citizens can get their names registered, deleted or amended in the electoral roll through Form No. 6, 6A, 7 and 8 – Deputy Commissioner
Patiala Deputy Commissioner Mr. Himanshu Jain today held a meeting with the representatives of political parties regarding the revision of voter lists under SSR-2026. On this occasion, he shared information regarding the process of revision of voter lists and registration of eligible citizens as voters and appealed to the representatives of political parties to cooperate in this process. On this occasion, Additional Deputy Commissioner Anuprita Johal and District Election Tehsildar Mr. Vijay Chaudhary were also present.
On this occasion, one set of draft voter list with photograph of all the assembly constituencies of Patiala district was provided to the district presidents/representatives of political parties. Along with this, a pen drive of draft voter list without photograph was also provided so that the parties can check the lists and inform the election office about any deficiency, error or objection.
The Deputy Commissioner said that the youth who are completing 18 years of age on January 1, 2027, can fill Form No. 6 to get their name registered in the voter list. Apart from this, Form No. 6A can be filled for NRI voters, Form No. 7 for deletion of name and Form No. 8 for amendment or change of address in the voter list.
He said that citizens can register their claims and objections through the concerned booth level officer or through the online portal voters.eci.gov.in and ECINet mobile app. He appealed to the representatives of political parties to create maximum awareness among the people to ensure registration of eligible citizens.
According to the draft voter list, a total of 14,34,888 voters are registered in the 8 assembly constituencies of Patiala district, including 7,34,438 males, 7,00,404 females and 46 third gender voters. The number of polling stations in the district was earlier 1861, which has now increased to 1864. Representatives of BJP, Congress, BSP and Shiromani Akali Dal parties were present on the occasion.