Fire Services, Health, Electricity, Traffic, Ambulance Services, Aviation, & long-distance Govt Road Transport Corporations are covered
Elderly, PwD, and Service Voters Can Vote Using Postal Ballot in the Bihar Assembly Elections News: Electors above the age of 85 years and those with benchmark disabilities can cast their votes through postal ballot in the Bihar Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said in a press note on Wednesday.
The permission has been granted under Section 60 (c) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
Electors above 85 years of age and those with benchmark disabilities can avail this facility using Form 12D and submit it to the Returning Officer through their Booth Level Officer (BLO) within five days of the issuance of the election notification. Polling teams will collect their votes at their homes.
Electors engaged in essential services on the date of polling can apply for the postal ballot facility through the designated Nodal Officer of their respective departments. Essential services such as Fire Services, Health, Electricity, Traffic, Ambulance Services, Aviation, and long-distance Government Road Transport Corporations are covered under this facility, the press note stated.
Media persons authorized by the Election Commission for poll-day coverage have also been included in the category of absentee voters on essential services and are entitled to the postal ballot facility.
“Service voters will be sent their postal ballots electronically by the Returning Officer through the Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS), immediately after the finalization of the list of contesting candidates. Service voters are not required to bear the cost of postal services,” the press note read.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule for the General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar and the bye-elections to eight Assembly constituencies across six states and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on October 6, 2025.Elderly, PwD, and Service Voters Can Vote Using Postal Ballot in the Bihar Assembly Elections: ECI
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