1) INTRODUCTION

Background, objective and purpose of this publication

The Government of India has enacted the Right of Information

Act, 2005 (22 of 2005) to provide for setting out the practical regime
of right to information for citizens to secure access to information
under the control of public authorities in order to promote
transparency and accountability in the working of every public
authority. This handbook is published as per provisions under
section 4(1) of above act.
Updated information on all seventeen issues as mentioned in
Section 4(1) (b) along with additional important and relevant
information is consolidated in this handbook relating to the office of
the Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra State.
This publication will be useful for members of public, political
parties, organizations, officers and staff connected with the election
administration
Procedure and fee for seeking information
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section
27 of the Right of Information act, 2005 (22 of 2005), the
Government of Maharashtra has made the Maharashtra Right to
Information Rules, 2005. As per the provisions contained in these
rules, a request for information under sub-section (1) of section 6
shall be made to the concerned State Public Information Officer on
plain paper in the prescribed format and shall be accompanied by
an application fee of rupees ten by way of cash against proper
receipt or by demand draft or banker's cheque payable to public
authority or by affixing a court fee stamp of rupees ten. When the
information is readily available either by way of photocopying or by
other way, the fee shall be

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charged at the rate of rupees two for each page (in A-4 or A-3 size
paper) created or copied plus postal charges or actual charge or cost
price of a copy in large size paper plus postal charges .For inspection
of records, no fee for the first hour and a fee of rupees five for each
fifteen minutes (or fraction thereof) thereafter will be charged.

For providing the information under sub-section (5) of Section

7, the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or
by Demand Draft or Bankers cheque or by way of money order
payable to public authority at the following rates :-
(a) for information provided in diskette or floppy , rupees fifty per
diskette or floppy plus postal charges and
(b) For information provided in printed form at the price fixed for
such publication or rupees two per page of photocopy for extracts
from publication plus postal charges, provided that no postal charges shall
be charged if the applicant collects the information personally.
Any person who does not receive a decision within the time
specified or is aggrieved by an order of Public Information Officer,
may prefer an appeal to the concerned appellate authority on plain
paper in prescribed format, which shall be accompanied by fee of
rupees twenty.

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2;) Particulars of Organization, functions
and duties Office
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer,
General Administration Department. 5th
floor, Mantralaya, Mumbai-4000 32

Legal standing and functions/duties of Chief Electoral

Officer,
The Election Commission of India, which has been set up in
accordance with the provisions of Article 324 of Constitution of India
holds the Elections to the both houses of Indian Parliament as well
as State Legislatures. The Election Commission is an independent
constitutional authority which plays a fundamental and critical role
in strengthening the Democracy in India. The Election Commission
of India designates or nominates an officer of the Government of
State/Union Territory as the Chief Electoral Officer of that State or
Union Territory as per provisions in section 13 A of the
Representation of the People Act, 1950.

The general duties of the Chief Electoral Officer are mentioned

in Section 13 (A) (2) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950
and Section 20 of the Representation of the People Act, 195 1. As
mentioned in Section 13 (A) (2) of the Representation of the People
Act, 1950, the Chief Electoral Officer has to supervise the
preparation, revision and correction of electoral rolls in State subject
to the superintendence, direction and control of the Election
Commission of India. As per Section 20 of the Representation of the
People Act, 1951, the Chief Electoral Officer has to supervise the
conduct of all elections to Lok Sabha (House of People), Rajya Sabha
(Council of States), Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and Vidhan

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 Parishad (Legislative Council) in the State subject to the
superintendence, direction and control of the Election Commission
of India.

To perform these duties, the State Government has made

available sufficient staff and infrastructure to the Chief Electoral
Officer, at State, district and tehsil level in that State.
State Level
At the State Level, following staff is available to assist the Chief
Electoral Officer, Maharashtra State.
Sr. No of
Designation
No. Posts
1 Chief Electoral Officer 1
2 Addl. Chief Electoral Officer 1
3 Deputy Secretary and Joint Chief Electoral Officer 1
4 Under Secretary and Deputy Chief Electoral Officer 3
5 Section Officer 6
6 Assistant and other Staff 32

District Level
At district level, the Collector of each district is designated as
the District Election Officer for that district. The Deputy District
Election Officer and other staff help the District Election Officers to
conduct elections in the respective districts, under the supervision
of the Chief Electoral Officer.
There are 35 districts in this State, each having a District
Election Officer, with head-quarter at district capital. The Election
Branch of each district consists of following staff for 33 out of 35
districts in the State :-

Deputy District Election Officer One

Naib Tehsildar One

Awwal Karkun One

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 Clerk-Typist One

Peon One

For remaining two districts i.e. Mumbai City and Mumbai

Suburban districts, the staffing pattern is different considering the
certain geographical/administrative conditions and large population.
In the Election branch of Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburban
district, No. of staff is 75 and 95 respectively.

Tehsil Level
At tehsil level, posts of one awwal karkun and one clerk are
sanctioned for each tehsil in the office of the Tehsildar of concerned
Tehsil for election related work.
Parliamentary, Assembly and Council Constituencies
There are 48 Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) and 288 Assembly
Constituencies in this State. In Maharashtra Legislative Council,
there are 78 council constituencies. The Election Commission of
India designates the Returning Officer for each Parliamentary!
Assembly! Council Constituency in consultation with the State
Government. The general duty of the Returning Officer at any
election to do all such acts and things as may be necessary for
effectually conducting the election in the manner provided by
election acts rules.

The Election Commission also designates the Electoral

Registration Officer for each Assembly and Council Constituency in
consultation with the State Government. The General duty of the
Electoral Registration Officer is to prepare and revise the Electoral
Roll of his Constituency.

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Grievance redressal Cell

As per directions of the Election Commission of India, grievance

redressal cells are created in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer
as well as in the office of District Election Officer and Electoral
Registration Officers to receive the grievances! Complaints relating to
election.

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3) POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Officers/Staff in the office of Chief Electoral Officer

As mentioned earlier, the Chief Electoral Officer has to
supervise the preparation, revision and correction of electoral rolls
as well as the conduct of all elections in State subject to the
superintendence, direction and control of the Election Commission
of India. The Chief Electoral Officer is also empowered to hear
appeals against the orders passed by the Electoral Registration
Officers under Section 24 of the Representation of the People Act,
1950. The officers and employees of the organization assist the Chief
Electoral Officer in discharge of his duties.
District Election Officers
The District Election Officer co-ordinates and supervises all
work in the district or in the area within his jurisdiction in
connection with the preparation, revision and correction of the
electoral rolls and the conduct of election of all elections including
Lok Sabha, Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, under
supervision and control of the Chief Electoral Officer, Mumbai. In
this State, 33 out 35 District Election Officers are Returning Officers
of concerned Parliamentary Constituencies, also Main functions of
the District Election Officers are listed as follows:

Conduct of Elections

• Assessment and procurement of election material/ stationery

• Setting up of polling stations and physical verification
thereof.
• Drafting of polling and counting personnel and their

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Training

• Fixation of Counting Centre

• Necessary arrangement of poll at respective polling stations

• Implementation of all directions/orders and instructions of
the Election Commission and Chief Electoral Officer and
circulation thereof to concerned election authority including
Returning Officers.
• Consolidation of information relating to nominations from
Returning Officers and sending reports to the Chief Electoral
Officer in this regard.
• Making necessary arrangement of security at polling /
counting centers with the help of concerned police authorities.

• Meeting with political parties, candidates, government and

local authorities, police authorities to ensure free and fair
elections and implementation of model code of conduct.
• Assessment of Electronic Voting Machines, power packs
(batteries) various seals /tags for EVMs and testing/checking
of requisite No. of EVMs, in advance.
• Preparation of EVMs for elections.
• Transport and Storage of EVMs and other election stationery

• Keeping record of account of election expenses and sending

the reports to the Commission
• Supervising the poll process on poll day and sending
periodical report to the Commission regarding poll events.
• Supervising the counting of votes and sending necessary
report to the Commission
• Safe custody of evms, election papers and materials after
counting
• Voter Awareness Campaign

• Overall supervision and control of elections in his jurisdiction.

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 Preparation and revision of Electoral Roll

• Requisition of staff and vehicles for preparation / revision of

electoral rolls
• Implementation of all directions/orders and
Instructions of the Election Commission and Chief
Electoral Officer and circulation thereof to concerned
authorities including Electoral Registration Officers.
• Meeting with political parties to discuss various
issues relating to electoral roll.
• Assessment and making demand of necessary forms and
funds
• Grievances cell to receive the complaints regarding
electoral roll and rectification thereof.
• Overall supervision on preparation /revision of electoral roll
in his jurisdiction.
Apart from these works, the District Election Officers have to do
various other duties regarding election including supervision and
control the work of Electoral Photo Identity Cards, Photo Electoral
Roll and computerization of Electoral Roll etc.
Returning Officers
Returning Officer of Parliamentary/Assembly/ Council
Constituency is responsible for the conduct of elections in concerned
constituency. In addition, the Election Commission also appoints
one or more Assistant Returning Officers for each of the
Constituency to assist Returning Officer in the performance of its
functions in connection with the conduct of election.

Main functions of the District Election Officers and Returning

Officers in connection with the conduct of elections are

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Listed as follows:-

• Assessment and procurement of election material/

stationery through District Election Officer

• Training of polling personnel

• Necessary arrangement of poll at respective polling stations

• Issue of public notice of nomination on the day of notification

• Receiving Nomination Papers, scrutiny thereof and

preparation of list of nominated, validly nominated as well as
contesting candidates
• Allotment of Symbols to candidates
• Dissemination of information contained in

• Publishing information regarding assets and liabilities of

candidates on notice board
• Meeting with political parties, candidates, government and
local authorities, police authorities to ensure free and fair
elections and implementation of model code of conduct.
• Assessment of Electronic Voting Machines, power packs
(Batteries) various seals/tags for EVMs and
testing/checking of requisite No. of EVMs, in advance.
• Preparation of EVMs for elections.
• Transport and Storage of EVMs and other election
stationery
• Printing of Ballot Papers and checking hereof

• Printing of postal ballot papers and dispatching the same to

service voters
• Dispatching of polling parties well in advance to respective
polling stations
• Necessary facilities for polling personnel at polling stations

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 • Conducting poll on poll day and sending periodical
report to the Commission regarding poll events.
• Conducting counting and sending necessary report to the
Commission.
• Declaration of result.
Electoral Registration Officer
Under Section 13 B of the Representation of the People Act,
1950, the Election Commission of India in consultation with State
Government nominates/designates an officer of Government/ Local
Authority as Electoral Registration Officer for each
Assembly/Council Constituency. The Commission also appoints one
or more persons as Assistant Electoral Registration Officers to
assists the concerned Electoral Registration Officer.

The general duty of the Electoral Registration Officer is to

prepare the defect-free Electoral Roll for his constituency and
revision of that electoral roll, time to time as per directions of the
Election Commission of India. He has to carry out all procedures in
respect of electoral roll including preparation and revision of rolls,
inclusion of names, deletions , corrections of entries in electoral
rolls, preparation and distribution of Electoral Photo-Identity Cards
and computerization of Electoral Rolls as per provisions contained in
election Acts/Laws.

Presiding Officers and Polling Officers

Under Section 26 of the Representation of the People Act,
1951, the District Election Officer appoints a presiding officer and
polling officer/s for each polling station to conduct the poll
procedure at respective polling station.
4) Procedure followed in decision-making process

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Including channels of supervision and accountability
The various election acts/rules including the
Representation of the People Act, 1950 and 195 1, Conduct of
Election Rules, 1961, Electoral Registration Rules, 1960 etc. as
enacted/framed by the Parliament of India are consisted in the
Manual of Election Law, a publication of Election Commission of
India. Apart from these acts/rules, the Commission has published
various handbooks e.g. hand book for Returning Officers, Electoral
Registration Officers, Presiding Officers, Polling Officers, Candidates
etc. on the basis of above rules /acts. Apart from this publication,
the Election Commission of India issues the directions/ instructions
regarding any subject relating to conduct of elections or preparation
and revision of electoral rolls, time to time. The Chief Electoral
Officer as well as other election officer as mentioned in previous
chapter have to act accordingly.

All policy decisions regarding election are taken at the level

of the Election Commission of India and the implementation of these
decisions is done through this office with the assistance of election
related staff at district and tehsil level. Fixing the dates of elections,
recognizing or de-recognizing political parties, allotment to or
freezing the symbols of political parties, declaring the dates for
intensive and summary revision of electoral rolls etc. are some of the
policy decisions taken at the level of the Election Commission of
India.

Decisions required to implement the orders of the Election

Commission of India are taken at the level of the Chief Electoral
Officer. Fixing agencies for procurement of material or services
required for conduct elections, controlling activities of the political
parties under the model code of

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Conduct framed by the Election Commission of India act. Are some
of the decisions to be taken by the Chief Electoral Officer.
The Chief Electoral Officer and the entire machinery
working under him works under the direction, supervision and
control of the Election Commission of India and is accountable to
the Election Commission of India for all the actions.
Some of the important criteria/ norms fixed for certain
election related procedures relevant to public are as follows:-
A) Preparation and Revision of Electoral Rolls
Eligibility for registration in all Electoral Roll of
Assembly Constituency
• A person should be citizen of India
• He/She must have completed 18 years on qualifying date
• He/She should be ordinarily resident of in concerned Constituency
• He/She should not be of unsound mind.
• He/she should not have been disqualified from voting under the
provisions of any law relating corrupt practices and other offences in
connection with elections.
Eligibility for registration in an Electoral Roll of
Council Constituency of Legislative Council
Local Authorities Constituencies
• The electorate consists of members of such local authorities
exercising jurisdiction in any place or area within the limits of that
constituency
• Every member of each such local authority be entitled to be
registered in the electoral roll for that constituency
• The Electoral Registration Officer for every local authority
constituency maintains in his office corrected and updated electoral
roll of concerned constituency.
• For MaharashtraState, Municipalities (Municipal
Corporations/Municipal Councils), Zilla Parishads and Cantonment

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Boards are Local Authorities for purpose of elections to
the Legislative Council.
• A person should be citizen of India
• He! She should not be of unsound mind.
• He/she should not have been disqualified from voting under the
provisions of any law relating corrupt practices and other offences in
connection with elections.

Graduates Constituencies

• Every person who ordinarily resident in a Graduate's

Constituency and has at least three years before the qualifying
date been either a graduate of a university in the territory of India
or is possession of any equivalent qualification specified by State
Government.
• A person should be citizen of India
• He! She should not be of unsound mind.
• He/she should not have been disqualified from voting under the
provisions of any law relating corrupt practices and other offences
in connection with elections.

Teachers' Constituencies
• Every person who ordinarily resident in a teachers'
Constituency and has at least three years before the
qualifying date been engaged in teaching in any of the
educational institutions within the state not lower in
standard than that of secondary school.
• A person should be citizen of India
• He! She should not be of unsound mind.
• He/she should not have been disqualified from voting under
the provisions of any law relating corrupt practices
And other offences in connection with elections.

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 Apart from above council constituencies , nearly one third
members of Maharashtra Legislative Council are elected from
members of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and reminder are
nominated by the Governor from persons having special knowledge
or practical experience in respect of one of the following matters :-
Literature, Science, Art, Cooperative Movement and Social Services.

Whose names can be deleted from the Electoral Roll

• Names of dead persons

• Persons who have ceased to be or are not ordinarily resident in the

Constituency
• Persons disqualified from voting.

Correction of entries in Electoral Roll

• defective or erroneous particulars are corrected
• Transposition of entry from one place to other place in roll due to
changing of place of ordinary residence in same constituency
• No amendment, transposition or deletion of any entry can be made
after the last date for making nomination for an election from that
constituency.

Service Voters
Service voters can be enrolled in the place where they would
have been ordinarily resident had they have not been in service i.e.
place of permanent address. They can exercise their franchise either
through postal ballot papers or proxy voting.

IMPORTANT FORMS RELATING TO ELECTORAL ROLL

1) Form 6Claim application for inclusion of name
2) Form 7Objection to inclusion of name

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3) Form 8Objections to particulars in any entry
4) Form 8A
B) Conduct of Election
Qualification for membership of Lok Sabha/
Legislative Assembly
• A person shall be citizen of India.
• He/She shall not be less than 25 years.
• He/She should not hold any office of profit under the
Government of India or State Government.
• He/She shall not be of unsound mind
• He /She shall not be an undischarged insolvent.
• He/She shall not be disqualified by or under any law
made by Parliament.

Qualification for membership of Rajya Sabha/

Legislative Council

• A person shall be citizen of India.

• He/She shall not be less than 30 years.
• He/She should not hold any office of profit under the
Government of India or State Government.
• He/She shall not be of unsound mind
• He /She shall not be an undischarged insolvent.
• He/She shall not be disqualified by or under any law
made by Parliament.
Criteria for setting up of polling stations
• The District Election Officer is responsible for the
provision of polling stations and the publication of list of
polling stations, under section 25 of the Representation

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 Of the People Act, 195 1.
• No. of voters assigned to each polling station normally may
not exceed 1500 electors. However, in exceptional cases, it
can be exceed 1500, maximum up to 1600.

• When the number of voters exceeds 1600, an auxiliary

polling station to original polling station is set up, generally
in same building or in same locality.
• Polling Stations can be set up for weaker sections of the
society for voters less than 500, also.
• Maximum distance that voter has to travel to reach the
polling station shall not generally exceed 2 KMs. In sparsely
populated, hilly or forest area, this rule can be relaxed.

• Normally polling stations shall be in same polling area.

• Normally, polling stations shall be located in Schools,
Government or Semi-Government Buildings. However, in
unavoidable circumstances, polling station can be situated
in private building or premises, with proper control of
Returning Officer.
• No polling station shall be situated in Police Station,
Hospital, Temple or places of religious significance.
• As far as possible, polling station shall be in pucca
structure. Temporary pedals with full security can be
allowed in exceptional cases.
• Separate polling station can be set up for voters suffering
from leprosy in a leprosy sanatorium.

• District Election Officer or officer appointed on behalf of

Him shall physically verify the location of polling
stations and publish the draft list of polling stations

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 For general information.

• Considering the claims and objections received from public

and representatives of public and political parties, the
District Election Officer can amend the list, if necessary.

• After above procedure, District Election Officer sends the

draft list along with necessary enclosures to the Chief
Electoral Officer, for seeking necessary approval of Election
Commission of India.
• The Chief Electoral Officer after scrutinizing the same,
forwards it to the Election Commission of India with
recommendations.
• After receipt of approval for draft list of polling stations, the
District Election Officer finally publish the list of polling
stations for public information.
• Only printing or clerical mistakes can be rectified by the
District Election Officer, after final publication.

Persons to be allowed inside the polling stations

• The Electors
• The Polling Officers
• Each Candidate, his election agent and one polling agent of
each candidate at a time
• Persons authorized by the Commission
• Public Servant on duty
• A Child in arms accompanying an elector
• A person accompanying a blind or an infirm voter
• Such other persons as the Presiding Officer may from time to
time admit for the purpose of identifying voters or
Otherwise.

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Electors deciding not to vote
If an elector, after his electoral roll number has been duly
entered in the Register of Voters (Form 1 7A) and he has put his
signature /thumb impression on that register, decides not to record
his vote, he shall not be forced or compelled to record his votes. A
remark to that effect shall be made in the remarks column against
the entry relating to him in the Register of Votes.

Persons to be allowed inside the polling stations

• Counting supervisors and counting assistants

• Persons authorized by the Election Commission
• Public servants on duty in connection with the election

• Candidates, their election agents and counting agents

Persons entitled to vote by post For Parliamentary/

Assembly Elections

• Special Voters
• Service Voters
• Voters on election duty
• Electors subjected to preventive detention

For Council Constituencies

• Voters on election duty
• Electors subject to preventive detention
• Electors in the whole or any specified parts of the constituency
if directed by the Election Commission of India For an election by
assembly members
• Electors subject to preventive detention

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• All electors if directed by the Election Commission of India
Important Forms relating to conduct of elections
1 Form 1 Notice of Election
2 Form 2A Nomination Paper for Lok Sabha Elections
3 Form 2B Nomination Paper for Vidhan Sabha
4 Form 2C Elections Nomination Paper for Council of
States
5 Form 2D Nomination Paper for Legislative Council by the
members of Legislative Assembly
6 Form 2E Nomination Paper for Legislative Council from a
Council Constituency
7 Form 4 List of validly nominated candidates
8 Form 7B List of contesting candidates
9 Form 20 Final Result Sheet

Registration of Political Parties with Election

Commission of India
• Any association or body of individual citizens of India may make
an application to the Election Commission of India for it's
registration as a political party
• Every such application shall be signed by the Chief Executive
Officer of that organization (he may be known as Secretary or by
any other designation) and may be presented or sent to the
Secretary to the Election Commission of India.
• Every such application shall contain the following particulars :-
(a) the name of the association or body
(b) the state in which its head office is situated
(c) the address to which letters and other communications
meant for it should be sent
(d) the names of its president, secretary, treasurer and other

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 Office- bearers
(e) the numerical strength of its members , and if there are
categories of its numbers , the numerical strength in each
category
(f) Whether it has any local unit, if so, at what level

(g) Whether it is represented by any member or members in

either House of Parliament or of any State Legislature, if so,
number of such members.
• Such application shall be accompanied by a copy of the
memorandum or rules and regulations of the association or body

Election Petition
• No election shall be called in question except by an election
petition presented as per provisions in laws.
• Election Petitions shall be submitted in High Court only.

• Election Petitions must be submitted within 45 days from the

date of election of returned candidate.
• Only elected candidates and other contesting candidates against
whom allegations of any corrupt practice are made, can be made
the respondents in the Election Petition.
• Election Commission of India, Chief Electoral Officer, District
Election officer, Returning Officer or any other government
officials cannot be made party in the array of respondents in the
Election Petition.

Corrupt Practice & Certain Election Offences

Corrupt Practice
• Bribery
• Undue influence
• The appeal by a candidate or his agent or by any other person with

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Consent of candidate or his election agent to vote or refrain
from voting.

• Promotion of enmity or hatred between two different

classes of citizens
• Propagation of the practice or the commission of sati or its
glorification
• Publication of any statement which is false in relation to
personal character or conduct of any election
• Hiring or procurement of any vehicle by candidate or his agent or
any person with the consent of candidate or his agent , for
transporting electors to/from polling station.
• Incurring or authorizing of expenditure in contravention of
section 77
• Obtaining or procuring or abetting or attempting for furtherance of
the prospects of election from any person in the service of
Government.
• Booth Capturing by a candidate or his agent or other person

Electoral Offences
• Promoting enmity between classes in connection with election
• Taking public meetings during period of forty-eight hours
ending with hours fixed for conclusion of poll
• Disturbances at election meetings
• Offence connected with the printing of pamphlets, posters etc.
• Maintenance of secrecy of voting
• Doing any act for the prospects of the election of a
candidate by election officers
• Canvassing in or near polling stations
• Disorderly conduct in or near polling station

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• Misconduct at polling station
• Failure to observe procedure for voting
• Illegal hiring or procuring of conveyance at elections
• Breaches of official duty in connection with election
• Government servant acting as election agent, polling agent or
counting agent
• Going arms to or near polling station
• Removal of ballot papers from polling station to be an offence
• Other offences as mentioned in election laws/acts

C) Disqualification for members of Parliament

and State Legislatures
"Disqualified" means disqualified for being chosen as, and being, a
member of either House of Parliament or of the Legislative
Assembly or Legislative Council of a State.
Disqualification on conviction for certain offences

According to Section 8 of the Representation of the People

Act, 1951 (1) a person convicted of an offence punishable under:-
Indian Penal Code
Section 153 A Offence of promoting enmity between
different groups on ground of religion,
race, place of birth,
Residence, language, etc. and doing acts
prejudicial to maintenance of
harmony or
Section 171 E Offence of bribery or
Section 171F Offence of undue influence or personation
at an election
or
Sub-Section (1) or (2) of Offences relating to rape or
Section 376 or 376 A or
376 B or 376 C or 376
D
Section 4 9 8 A Offence of cruelty by
husband or relative of husband or

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Sub-Section (2) or (3) of Offence of making statement
Section 5 0 5 creating or promoting enmity, hatred or
ill-will between classes or offence relating
to such statement in any place of worship
or in any assembly engaged in the
performance of
religious worship or religious
ceremonies or
The Protection of Civil Which provides for punishment for the
Rights Act, 1955 preaching and practice of
"Untouchability" and for the
enforcement of any disability arising
there from or
Section 11 of the Offence of importing or exporting
Customs Act, 1962 prohibited goods or

Sections 10 to 12 of the Offence of being a member of an association

Unlawful Activities declared unlawful offence relating to
(Prevention) Act, 1967 contravention of an order made in
Respect of a notified place or
The Foreign Exchange
(Regulation) Act, 1973
or

The Narcotics Drugs

and Psychotropic
Substances Act, 1985 or
The Terrorists and
Disruptive Activities
(Prevention) Act,1 987
Section 3 Offence of committing terrorist acts or

Section 4 Offence of committing disruptive activities

or
Section 7 of the Religious Offence or contravention of the provision of
Institutions Act, 1988 Sections 3(Prevention of Misuse) to 6 or
The Representation of
the People Act,1951

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Section 125 Offence of promoting enmity between
classes in connection with the election
or
Section 135 Offence of removal of ballot papers from
polling papers from polling stations or

Section 135a Offence of booth capturing

or
Clause (a) of sub - Offence of fraudulently
section (2) of Section136 defacing or fraudulently destroying
any nomination
Section 6 of the Offence of conversion of a place
Places of Worship of worship or
(Special Provisions)
Act, 1991
Prevention of Insults to
National Honor Act,
1971
Section 2 Offence of insulting the Indian
National Flag or the Constitution of
India or
Section 3 Offence of preventing singing
of National Anthem

Shall be disqualified for a period of 6 years from the date of such

conviction. (The quantum of punishment is immaterial).
(2) A person convicted for the contravention of-
(a) any law providing for the prevention of hoarding or profiteering or
(b) any law relating to the adulteration of the food or drugs or
(c) any provisions of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 or
(d) any provisions of the Commission of Sati (prevention) Act, 1987
And sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 6 months, shall be
disqualified from the date of such conviction and shall continue to
be disqualified for a further period of 6 years since his release.

(3) A person convicted of any offence and sentenced to

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imprisonment for not less than 2 years (other than an offence
referred to in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) above), shall be
disqualified from the date of such conviction and shall continue to
be disqualified for a further period of 6 years since his release.

(4) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) or

sub-section (3), a disqualification under either sub-section shall not,
in the case of a person who on the date of the conviction is a
member of Parliament or the Legislature of a State, take effect until
3 months have elapsed from the date or, if within that period an
appeal or application for revision is brought in respect of the
conviction or the sentence, until that appeal or application is
disposed of by the court.

Disqualification on ground of corrupt practices

According to Section 8 A of the Act, the case of every person

found guilty of a corrupt practice by an order under Section 99 of
the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (made by the High Court
at the conclusion of the trial of an Election Petition in case where a
charge is made in an Election Petition of any corrupt practice having
been committed at an election), shall be submitted, as soon as may
be, after such order takes effect, by such authority as the Central
Government may specify in this behalf, to the President for
determination of the question as to whether such person shall be
disqualified and if so, for what period. Provided that the period for
which any person may be disqualified shall in no case exceed 6
years from the date on which the order made in relation to him
under Section 99 takes effect.
The Central Government has specified -

(a) in relation to an election to the House of the People or the

Council of States, the Secretary-General of the House of the

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 People or the Council of States, as the case may be, and

(b) in relation to an election to the Legislative Assembly or to the

Legislative Council of a State, the Secretary of the Legislative
Assembly or the Legislative Council of a State, as the case may
be, as the authority for the above purpose)

Before giving his decision on any question indicated above, the

President! Governor shall obtain the opinion of the Election
Commission and shall act according to such opinion.

Disqualification for dismissal for corruption or disloyalty

According to Section 9 of the Act, a person who having held an

offence under the Government of India or under the Government of
any State has been dismissed for corruption or for disloyalty to the
State shall be disqualified for a period of 5 years from the date of
such dismissal. For this purpose, a certificate issued by the Election
Commission to the effect that a person having held office under the
Government of India or under the Government of any State has or
has not been dismissed for corruption or for disloyalty to the State
shall be conclusive proof of that fact. Provided that no certificate to
the effect that a person has been dismissed for corruption or for
disloyalty to the State shall be issued unless an opportunity of being
heard has been given to the said person.

Disqualification for office under Government Company

According to Section 10 of the Act, a person shall be

disqualified if, and so long as, he is a managing agent, manager or
secretary of any company or corporation (other than a co-operative
society) in the capital of which the appropriate

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Government has not less than 25% share.

Disqualification for failure to lodge account of election

expenses

According to Section 10 A of the Act, if the

Election Commission is satisfied that a person -

(a) has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the

time and in the manner required by or under the Act, and

(b) has no good reason or justification for the failure,

The Election Commission shall, by order published in the

official Gazette, declare him to be disqualified and any such person
shall be disqualified for a period of 3 years from the date of the
order.

According to Section 77-

every candidate an election shall, either by himself or by his

election agent, keep a separate and correct account of all
expenditure in connection with the election incurred or authorized
by him or by his agent between the date on which he has been
nominated and the date of declaration of the result thereof, both
dates inclusive.

(1) The account shall contain particulars such as expenditure

incurred on vehicles, meetings, publicity etc. The total of the
said expenditure shall not exceed limit of Rs.25 lakhs in the
case of Parliament and Rs.I0 lakhs in the case of Legislative
Assembly.
(2) According to Section 78 of the Act, every contesting candidate at

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 an election shall, within 30 days from the date of election of the
returned candidate or, if there are more than one returned
candidate at the election and the dates of their election are
different, the later of those two dates, lodge with the District
Election Officer (Returning Officer in the case of a constituency
in a Union Territory) an account of his election expenses which
shall be a true account of the account kept by him or his agent
under Section 771).

Removal or reduction of period of disqualification

The Election Commission may, for reasons to be recorded,

remove any disqualification except under Section 8 A or reduce the
period of such disqualification.

D) Electronic Voting Machines (EVM)

The Election Commission of India has provided nearly 150
thousand Electronic Machines to this State. All elections including
General and Bye elections, held after the year 2000 are conducted
with help of the EVMs. The most important advantage of EVM is that
printing of millions of ballot papers could be dispensed with, as only
one ballot paper is required for fixing on the Balloting Unit at each
polling station instead of one ballot paper for each individual elector.
This has resulted in huge savings by way of cost of paper, printing,
transportation, storage and distribution.
Secondly, counting has become very quick and easy and the
result can be declared within 3 hours as compared to 30-340 hours,
on an average, under the conventional system.
Thirdly, there are no invalid votes under the system of voting
under EVMs. The importance of this can be better appreciated, if
one knows that in many constituencies, the

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Number of invalid votes is more than the winning margin between
the winning candidate and the second candidate. To this extent, the
choice of the electorate is more correctly reflected due to use of
EVMs.
EVMs can record a maximum of 3840 votes. As normally the
total number of electors in a polling station will not exceed 1500,
the capacity of EVMs is more than sufficient. EVMs are designed to
accommodate up to 16 candidates as there are 16 buttons on the
Balloting Unit of the EVM. In case of more than 16 candidates in a
Constituency, two or more Balloting Units can be attached with one
Control Unit of the EVM.
The people in Maharashtra have accepted the EVM very well
and the percentage of poll has increased after the introduction of
EVMs, which are found to be user friendly and hassle free.

(5) Norms set for the discharge of functions

The norms of all the important functions of the Chief Electoral
Officer, e.g. conducting elections, preparing and revising electoral
rolls, preparing election photo identity cards are fixed by the
Election Commission of India. The deadlines for each activity and
the detailed procedure are declared by the Commission. The
Election Commission of India publishes different hand books from
time to time, detailing the procedure to be followed by different
election functionaries. Detailed guidelines are also issued by the
Commission for various activities like revision of electoral rolls,
implementation of model code of conduct etc.

(6) Rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and

Records, held or under the control of Chief Electoral

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Officer used by its employees for discharging its functions.

All the activities of the organization of the Chief Electoral

Officer are governed by the Manual of Election Laws, Vol- I and II,
which contain extracts of the Constitution of India, the
Representation of the People Act, 1950 and 1951, the Conduct of
Election Rules, 1961, the Electoral Registration Rules, 1960 and
Other relevant acts and rules. The Election Commission also publishes various
Hand Books and guidelines from time to time describing the step by step
procedure to be followed by the election staff.

7) Statement of the categories of documents that are

held by Chief Electoral Officer or under his control
The list of members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
• The list of Members of Maharashtra Legislative
Assembly! Council • CDs of Electoral Roll of 288
Assembly Constituencies. Hard copies available
with Collectors and District Election Officers
• Affidavits filed by the Candidates along with their
nomination papers in general elections to Lok
Sabha/ Maharashtra Legislative Assembly are
available on this office web-site
'http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in'. Hard copies are
available the District Election Officers! Returning
Officers.
• Poll statistics of the last General Elections to
Lok Sabha I Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

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 • Search facility for Elector's name in the Electoral
Rolls of 22 cities having Municipal Corporations
(on internet)
Various downloadable forms
• A-B as well as AA-BB forms for political parties

8) Particulars of any arrangement that exists for

consultation with or representation by, the members of the
public in relation to the formulation of it’s policy or
administration thereof
Consultations are held with the representatives of political parties
and the NGOs at various levels before all major events like conduct
of elections, revision of rolls etc. There is, however, no formal
committee or forum where Representatives of public are included.

9) Statement of the boards , councils, committee and other

bodies Consisting of two or more persons constituted as
it's part or for the purpose of it's advice and as to whether
meeting of those boards , councils, committees and other
bodies are open to the public or the minutes of such
meeting are accessible for public.

There are no such boards, councils or committees at the level

of the Chief Electoral Officer or under it. Policy decisions are taken
by the Election Commission of India and are implemented by the
office of the Chief Electoral Officer with the assistance of the
election machinery at the district level.

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10) Manner of execution of subsidy programmes
Including the amounts allocated and the details
of beneficiaries of such programme.

There are no subsidy programmes carried out in the office

of Chief Electoral Officer.

11) Particulars recipients of concessions, permits or

authorizations granted.
No concessions, permits etc. are given by office of the Chief
Electoral Officer.

12) Details in respect of the information available to or

held by Chief Electoral Officer, reduced in electronic form.

This office has its own website http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in'

and a whole lot of information regarding elections as mentioned
above can be easily accessed through Internet.

Information on the following topics is available on

the official website of the Chief Electoral Officer.

General information
1) Voters Helpline To download various forms,
electoral rolls information, Election
statistics etc.
Candidate List of Assembly Constituencies
and download nomination forms
for candidates
Election Officers List of District Election Officers and
Directory Deputy District Election Officers,
Electoral Registration Officers, etc.
Vidhan Sabha Affidavits filed by candidates in the
last elections, results of last
Elections and the list of MLAs.
Lok Sabha Affidavits filed by candidates in the
last elections, results of last
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 elections and the list of MPs.
Search Electoral Rolls The facilities to search names and
other information in the Electoral
Rolls is available on link for all
Municipal Corporation Areas. A
link to Election Commission of
India is also available to access
detailed information on earlier
elections, rules & regulations,
notifications, orders of Election
Commission of India and
information regarding other states
as well

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13) The particulars of facilities available to citizens for
obtaining information including the working hours of a
library or regarding room, if maintained for public use:
This office has its own website 'http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in'
and a whole lot of information regarding elections as mentioned
above can be easily accessed through internet. A link to Election
Commission of India is also available to access detailed information
on earlier elections, rules & regulations, notification, orders of
Election Commission of India and information regarding other states
as well.

14) The names, designations and other particulars of

the Public Information officers:
Serial No. Name and Designation of the Designated as
Officers
1 Deputy Secretary and Joint Chief Appellate Authority
Electoral Officer, Maharashtra
State.
2 Under Secretary, office of the Public Information
Chief Electoral Officer General Officer
Administration Department,
Maharashtra State
3 Section Officer, office of the Chief Assistant Public
Electoral Officer, General Information Officer
Administration Department,
Maharashtra State

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 Election Commission of India
Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioner

Sr Name Designation Telephone Fax Email

No.
Chief Election 23052323
1 Shri. Sunil Arora Commissioner 23052424 23052525 [email protected]
Shri. Ashok Election 23052132
2 Lavasa Commissioner 23052134 23052249 [email protected]
Shri. Sushil Election 23052137
3 Chandra Commissioner 23052138 23052139 [email protected]
Shri. Umesh Sr. Dy. Election 23052226
4 Sinha Commissioner 23052081 23052227 [email protected]
Mr. Sandeep Dy. Election 23052023
5 Saxena Commissioner 23052024 23052025 [email protected]
Dy. Election 23717047
6 Dr. Alok Shukla Commissioner 23717049 23717059 [email protected]
Dy. Election
7 R. Balkrishnan Commissioner 23052111 [email protected]
Shri. Sudeep Dy. Election 23052232
8 Jain Commissioner 23052004 23052234 [email protected]
Shri. Chandra Dy. Election
9 Bhushan Kumar Commissioner 23052135 23052136 [email protected]
Shri. Dilip 23052093
10 Sharma Director General 23052032 23052234
Director G
(Communication &
Shri. Dhirendra International
11 Ojha cooperation) 23052015 23052203 [email protected]
Shri. V. N.
12 Shukla Director (IT) 23052073 23052110
Shri. Vikram
13 Batra Director 23052061 23052101
Shri. Vivek
14 Khare Director (Training) 23052089 23052094 [email protected]
Shri. Nikhil
15 Kumar Director 23052228 23318497 [email protected]
Shri. Kushal Director (ICT) &
16 Pathak CISO 23052236 23052103 [email protected]
Shri Vijay Kumar
17 Pandey Director (Law) 23052237 23052238 [email protected]
Ms. Padma
18 Angmo Director 23052008 23052072 [email protected]
Mr. Mukesh
19 Meena Director 23052107
Ms. A. Mona
20 Sreenivas Director 23052021
Shri. S. K.
21 Mendiratta Legal Advisor 23052142 23052204 [email protected]
 Shri. K. F. Sr. Principal [email protected] /
22 Wilfred Secretary 23052026 23052010 [email protected]
Shri. Bernard
23 John Principal Secretary 23052037 23052038 [email protected]
Shri. Y.
24 Standhope Principal Secretary 23052241 23052046 [email protected]
Shri. S. K.
25 Rudola Principal Secretary 23072149 23052049 [email protected]
Shri. Varinder
26 Kumar Principal Secretary 23052242 23052065 [email protected]
27 Shri. K. N. Bhar Principal Secretary 23052014 23052061 [email protected]
Shri. Anuj
28 Jaipuriar Principal Secretary 23052243 23052059 [email protected]
Shri. N. N.
29 Butolia Principal Secretary 23052016 23052050 [email protected]
Shri. Sumit
30 Mukherjee Principal Secretary 23052246 23052001 [email protected]
31 Shri. A. N. Das Secretary 23052012 23052012 [email protected]
32 Shri J. K. Rao Secretary 23052022 23052022 [email protected]
Shri. K.D.K.
33 Verma Secretary 23052060 23052060 [email protected]
34 Shri. S. B. Joshi Secretary 23052033 23052033 [email protected]
Shri. P. K.
35 Sharma Secretary 23052057 23052057 [email protected]
Shri. Darsuo
36 Thang Secretary 23052062 23052062 [email protected]
Shri. Malay
37 Mallick Secretary 23052058
Shri. Avinash
38 Kumar Secretary 23052055 [email protected]
Shri. Arvind
39 Anand Secretary 23052063
Shri. Rahul
40 Sharma Secretary (protocol) 23052070 23052090 [email protected]
41 Shri. Ajoy Kumar Secretary 23052067 [email protected]
Shri.
Mohammed
42 Umar Secretary 23052066 [email protected]
43 Shri. T. C. Kom Secretary 23052075 [email protected]
Ms. Pushpa N.
44 Lakra Secretary 23052074
45 Shri. N. T. Bhutia Secretary 23052083 [email protected]
46 Shri. B. C. Patra Secretary 23052079
Shri. A. K.
47 Pathak Secretary 23052080
Shri.
Sumankumar
48 Das Secretary 23052082 [email protected]
Shri. Jaydeb
49 Lahiri Secretary 23052020
Shri. Anoop
50 Kumar Secretary 23052071
 Shri. Rakesh
51 Kumar Secretary 23052075
Shri. Kumar
52 Rajeev Secretary 23052247
Smt. Rachana Jt. Dir. (Official
53 Gupta Language) 23052248
Shri.
Madhusudan Under Secretary
54 Gupta (EVM) 23052235
Shri. Sujeet
55 Kumar Mishra Under Secretary 23052064
Shri. Ajay Kumar
56 Verma Under Secretary 23052115
Shri. Binod
57 Kumar Under Secretary 23052151
Shri. Ashwani
58 Kumal Mohal Under Secretary 23052019
59 Shri. I. C. Goel Under Secretary 23052030
Shri. Soumyajit
60 Ghosh Under Secretary 23318497 [email protected]
Shri. Sanjeev
61 Kumar Prasad Under Secretary
62 Shri. Rajan Jain Under Secretary 23052068
Shri. Santosh
63 Kumar Dubey Under Secretary 23052096
Shri. Vasdev
64 Arora Under Secretary 23052165
65 Shri. Rajiv Rajan Under Secretary 23052164
Shri. Amit
66 Kumar Under Secretary 23052097
Shri. Pawan
67 Diwan Under Secretary 23052133
Smt. Lata
68 Tripathi Under Secretary 23052050
Shri. Mukesh
69 Kumar Under Secretary 23052250
Shri. Santosh
70 Kumar Under Secretary 23052102 [email protected]
Shri. Navin
71 Kumar Under Secretary 23052119
72 Shri. K. P. Singh Under Secretary 23052113 [email protected]
Shri. Ritesh
73 Singh Under Secretary 23052104 [email protected]
Ms. Harjeet
74 Kaur Under Secretary 23052099
Ms. Tanuj
75 Kumari Under Secretary 23052039
Shri. Abhishek
76 Mohan Under Secretary [email protected]
Shri. Rakesh
77 Kumar Under Secretary 23052129 [email protected]
 Shri. Prafull
78 Awasthi Under Secretary [email protected]
79 Smt. Laxmi Devi Under Secretary
Smt. Poonam
80 Sarang Under Secretary
Shri. O. P.
81 Shahni Under Secretary
Shri. Ranjan
82 Aggrawal Under Secretary
Shri. Kaptan
83 Chand Under Secretary 23052158
Ms. Neelam Dy. Director (IT
84 Dulta Coordination) 23052086
85 Shri. Karamveer Section Officer
Sh. Niranjan Kr. Section Officer
86 Sharma (Zonal I/C)
Shri. Shambhu
87 Dutt Sharma Senior Fellow 23052162 [email protected]
Dr. Bhagban Senior Advisor
88 Prakash (IIIDEM) 23052092 [email protected]
Dr. Noor
89 Mohammed Consultant IIIDEM 23052085 [email protected]
Sh. Vinod Kumar
90 Sharma Consultant (I.C.) 23052003 [email protected]
Dr. Aarti Sr. Consultant
91 Aggarwal (SVEEP) 23052217 [email protected]
92 Sh. Vipin Katara Consultant 23052005 [email protected]
 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER
MAHARASHTRA STATE
Name Office Office Ext Email
Shri Baldev Singh, 22029965
PS & CEO [email protected]
Shri Dilip Mohanrao Shinde, 22856665 4321/4320
Addl. CEO [email protected]
Shri. A. N. Valvi, 22856667 3670
Deputy Secretay & Jt. CEO [email protected]
Smt. S. S. Borkar 22026441 4305
Under Secretary & Dy. CEO [email protected]
Shri Moin Tashildar, 22026442
Under Secretary [email protected]
Shri Abasaheb Kawale, 22856664
Under Secretary [email protected]
Shri. G. S. Kadam, 22855948 3915
Section Officer [email protected]
Shri. Sanjay Garudkar, 22025059
Section Officer [email protected]
Shri. Manoj Nukte, 22793925 3925
Section Officer [email protected]
Shri Sambhaji Jadhav, 22793925 3915
Section Officer [email protected]
Shri Kiran Shardul, 22856662
Section Officer [email protected]
Shri Khochare,
Section Officer [email protected]
 Collectors & DEO's
District Name Code Office Fax Residence
Konkan Region
Mumbai City Shri Shivaji R. Jondhale 22 22662440 22664232
Mumbai Subarban Shri Milind Borikar 22 26514742 26556805
Palghar Shri Kailas Shinde 2525 253111
Raigad Shri Vijay Suryavanshi 2141 222001 222025
Ratnagiri Shri. Sunil Chavan 2352 222301 226250
Sindhudurg Dr. Dilip Pandharpatte 2362 228844 228856
Thane Shri Rajesh Narvekar 22 25344041 25349200 2539191
Pune Region
Kolhapur Shri. Daulat Desai 231 2654811 2650501
Pune Shri. Naval Kishor Ram 20 26114949 26123938
Sangli Shri. Abhijeet Chaudhari 233 2602001 2326710
Satara Smt. Shweta Singhal 2162 232750 230310
Solapur Dr. Rajendra Bhosale 217 2731000 2621120
Nashik Region
Ahmednagar Shri. Rahul Dwivedi 241 2345001 2322432 2345000
Dhule Shri. Gangatharan D. 2562 288701 288715 2288702
Jalgaon Shri Avinash Dhakane 257 2220400 2220500 2260401
Nandurbar Shri Rajendra Bharud 2564 221001 222230 221002
Nashik Shri. Suraj Mandhare 253 2578500 2575703 2578600
Aurangabad Region
Aurangabad Shri. Uday Chaudhari 240 2331200 2331100 233100
Beed Shri. Astik Kumar Pandey 2442 222201 222011
Hingoli Shri Ruchesh Jaivanshi 2456 221701 222400 220250
Jalna Shri. Ravindra Binwade 2482 224700 225326 225701
Latur Shri. G. Sreekanth 2382 224001 242330
Nanded Shri. Arun Dongre 2462 237101 238500 253900
Osmanabad Smt. Deepa Mudhol-Munde 2472 224501 228018
Parbhani Shri. P. Shiva Shankar 2452 223555 223774
Amravati Region
Akola Shri. Jitendra S. Papalkar 724 2424442 2424443 241441
Amravati Shri. Shailesh Naval 721 2662522 2662843 2662112
Buldhana Dr. Nirupama Dange 7262 242307 242289
Washim Shri H. Modak 7252 233400 232858 233401
Yavatmal Shri. Ajay Gulhane 7232 242501 242211
Nagpur Region
Bhandara Dr. Naresh Gite 7184 254777 252312 254666
Chandrapur Dr. Kunal Khemnar 7172 255300 255500 2255500
Gadchiroli Shri. Shekhar Singh 7132 222001 222022 222002
Gondiya Smt. Kadambari Balkawade 7182 236149 224161 236348
Nagpur Shri. Ashwin Mudgal 712 2564973 2560543 2561755
Wardha Shri Vivek Bhimanwar 7152 240102 240533 240101
 DEPUTY COLLECTOR & DY DISTRICT ELECTION OFFICERS

District Name Code Office Fax Residence

Konkan Region
Mumbai City Smt. Furog Mukadam 22 22613264 25342125 21737546
Mumbai (Sub) Shri. Ajit Sakhare 22 26550070 26512303
Palghar Shri. Sandip Kalambe 2525 250808
Raigad Smt. Vaishali Mane 2141 224131 227451
Ratnagiri Shri. Sushant Bansode 2352 222330 222330
Sindhudurg Shri. Jaikrishna Phad 2362 228854 228854
Thane Smt. Aparna Somani 22 25342125 22663453
25454142
Pune Region
Kolhapur Shri. Satish Dhumal 231 2658316 2650501
Pune Smt. Monika Surajpal 20 26123744/ 26659899
Singh 26123143
Sangli Shri. Minaj Mulla 233 2600700 2326200
Satara Smt. Poonam Mehta 2162 229605 230310
Solapur Smt. Snehal Bhosale 217 2731005
Nashik Region
Ahmednagar Shri. Jitendra Patil 241 2347623 2320330 2357506
Dhule Shri. Pramod Bhamare 2562 288716 288715/6
Jalgaon Shri. Tukaram Hulwale 257 2217640 2220500
Nandurbar Shri. Sudhir A. Khande 2564 210008 210041
Nashik Shri. Arun B. Anandkar 253 2310523 2578652
Aurangabad
Region
Aurangabad Shri. Nilesh Shringi 240 2331211 2336402
Beed Shri. Pravin Dharamkar 2442 222185
Hingoli Shri. Bhausaheb Jadhav 2456 221456 221456
Jalna Shri. Raju Nankar 2482 225802
Latur Shri. Deepali Motiyali 2382 222362
Nanded Shri. Prashant Shelke 2462 235762/ 4955299 238500
Osmanabad Shri. Pratap Kale 2472 227526
Parbhani Shri. M.A. Kirwale 2452 222154
Amravati Region
Akola Shri Rajesh Khawale 724 2438763
Amravati Shri. Sharad P. Patil 721 2662364 2662843
Buldhana Smt. Gauri Sawant 7262 243116 242289
Washim Shri. Sandeep Mahajan 7252 232852
Yevatmal Shri. S.S. Deshpande 7232 242105
Nagpur Region
Bhandara Shri. Pramod Bhusari 7184 252798
Chandrapur Shri. Sampat Khalate 7172 256588
Gadchiroli Smt. Kalpana Nil 7132 222011 / 222005 222301
Gondiya Shri. Subhash Chaudhari 7182 236148/ 236140
Nagpur Smt. Rajlakshmi Shah 712 2541832/ 2540094
Wardha Shri. Ghanshyam Mahire 7152 249776