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In India, after five years election is conducted. Here citizens are very active and responsible for casting their votes to elect the ideal leader in the election process. For this, Voter ID is mandatory to be obtained. Voter’s ID Card is an identity provided to eligible voters which they can use to cast their vote in the elections in India. It is authorized by the Government of India as an identification proof. After filing an application for this card, you can check the voter ID status online.
It consists of the following information of a person:
Following are the steps which have to be followed to track the status of your Voter ID:
You can also check for the correction status by using the reference number that you have obtained while submitting the form 8. Just follow the listed steps:
The entire process of correcting a voter ID card takes around 2 to 3 weeks. All you need to provide the requisite documents in order to request for voter ID correction(s).
Tracking of Voter ID Status is not only confined to one way rather it can be done in several ways. As soon as you plunge into the procedure of registering voter ID card either offline or online, you are provided with an application number by the Election Commission of India (ECI). This application number is usually of 11 digits and plays a very crucial role in tracking the status of voter ID.
An EPIC number is a unique number generated at the time of enrolling you for the allotment of Voter ID.
Ideally, two things must happen as soon as you are done with the application process:
If nothing happens to you from the above circumstances within a span of 2 months then must inform the ERO, Zonal officer, Local Tahsildar or the polling station of your area. If no one responds, you should directly log in to the official CEO website to understand the problem with your application and the stage at which it is stuck.
Gone are the days when you used to physically visit the election office to know the Voter ID registration status whether it is in transit, under process or canceled. But no longer now. Digitalization has made it easy and smooth to get the things done just by sitting at home and move your fingers on the keyboard.
There are basically three ways through which you can know your progress of an application:
Recently, the government of India has created an exclusive website especially for Voter ID information where you can search all the details regarding your application. Only the information that you will be going to enter online to attain the status of your voter ID should match the information you filled during the application filing. Any error or mismatch wouldn’t give you the correct status of your card and may lead to a failed result.
Following are the steps to be followed while checking the status of voter ID:
Fill all the requisite details:
» Using your EPIC number or application number: There you find an option in the website where you can enter the EPIC number and your state number and the search will display your name and EPIC card number.
» State or District Constituency wise search: All you need to do is enter your name, the state you are in and the district constituency you belong to, along with other details. Then the search will display your voter ID Card Status.
Following are the details that you must fill while looking for Voter ID status online:
Although it may happen, the website faces issues and may also crash or give out error messages. So, re-enter your details and recheck.
India has 29 states and every state has an electoral office or election commission of its own. Hence, each state has its respective official CEO website, where you can find details of your voter’s ID application.
The most important document that an individual wants is Voter ID. It is the proof of identity as well as an address of an individual. A citizen can procure a Voter ID once they reach the age of 18.
In order to check the Voter ID Status through SMS, following steps need to be followed:
Let’s take an example, if a person wishes to find out the status of his Voter ID in Tamil Nadu then he will have to type EPIC ********and send it to the number 9211728082.
Following are the list of contact numbers for the specific cities. You can message on this number for finding out Voter ID card status via SMS.
States | SMS Number | SMS Format |
Andhra Pradesh | 9246280027 | VOTE< space >voter ID number |
Bihar | 56677 | ELE< space >voter ID number |
Chandigarh | 9216164606 | BTH< space >voter ID number |
Karnataka | 9243355223 | KAEPIC< space >voter ID number |
Kerala | 54242/537252 | ELE< space >voter ID number |
Odisha | 9238300131 | CEOODI< space >voter ID number |
Tamil Nadu | 9211728082 | EPIC< space >Voter ID number |
Uttar Pradesh | 9212357123 | UPEPIC< space >voter ID number |
West Bengal | 51969 | WBEC< space >voter ID number |
IMPORTANT NOTE: It must be noted, the above numbers can be used to track the application status of voter ID cards in case of correction/issue of duplicate voter ID cards only. There is no SMS facility to track new voter ID card applications.
Following are the list of the states in India with the respective website for tracking status of Voter ID card:
Name of State | Website |
Andhra Pradesh (AP) | ceoandhra.nic.in |
Telangana (TG) | ceotelangana.nic.in |
Assam (AS) | ceoassam.nic.in |
Arunachal Pradesh | ceoarunachal.nic.in |
Goa (GA) | ceogoa.nic.in |
Gujarat (GJ) | ceo.gujarat.gov.in |
Bihar (BR) | ceobihar.nic.com |
Haryana (HR) | ceoharyana.nic.in |
Himachal Pradesh (HP) | himachal.nic.in |
Jammu and Kashmir (JK) | ceojk.nic.in |
Karnataka (KA) | ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in |
Kerala (KL) | ceo.kerala.gov.in |
Madhya Pradesh (MP) | ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in |
Maharashtra (MH) | ceo.maharashtra.gov.in |
Manipur (MN) | ceomanipur.nic.in |
Mizoram (MZ) | ceomizoram.nic.in |
Odisha (OR) | ceoorissa.nic.in |
Punjab (PB) | ceopunjab.nic.in |
Rajasthan (RJ) | ceorajasthan.nic.in |
Sikkim (SK) | ceosikkim.nic.in |
Tamil Nadu (TN) | elections.tn.gov.in |
Uttar Pradesh (UP) | ceouttarpradesh.nic.in |
West Bengal (WB) | ceowestbengal.nic.in |
Delhi (DL) | ceodelhi.gov.in |
Just log on to the official website of election cards and enter the following details:
If you want to know whether your name has been included in the electoral roll of the constituency, you can access the website for National Voter’s Service Portal (NVSP) to carry out an electoral search. To retrieve the information, you need to follow these steps:
6. By using the map on the search page, you can also locate the area.
The search result will provide you with various types of useful information listed below:
There is another system also available by sending SMS to NVSP on the provided numbers. Kindly, refer to NVSP’s website for various guidelines concerning the voter ID card.
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