Voter ID card is not only essential to cast vote today, it is also useful to have the voter id card for:

• Registering your name in the voters’ list if you change your residence in India
• Include your name in the electoral roll if you’ve got married and changed your surname and place of residence.
• Buy tickets online, such as railway tickets for AC and non-AC classes. It is also essential to have a photo identity card to buy Tatkal tickets.
• Get passports or other identity cards. The election card acts as a proof of identity, age, and place of residence.

CEO Delhi

The chief Electoral Officer of Delhi has its own website- http://ceodelhi.gov.in/

You can access all the details related to the working of the CEO. The various forms available, various ways to check your Voter ID Card Delhi status and your voter list. The CEO plays a major role in elections, the ECI came up with the concept of voter id card in order to avoid malpractices and it bestowed the orders on the CEO of each state. The CEO helps in the smooth functioning of elections and issues Voter ID Card

Eligibility to get a voter ID Card Delhi

• Must be a citizen of India
• 18 years of age or above
• Ordinarily resident in Delhi. This includes a student in a University, Institute
• Not disqualified to be voter e.g. not of unsound mind etc.

Process To Obtain Election Card Delhi

You can even apply for apply for voter id card online and offline by visiting the nearest government service center. And fill the application form provided there. Once personal and address verification is done, voter ID card will be issued on your name. Although the E-registration or the online voter id registration is a simpler and faster process.

The two documents required are:

• Proof of your residence (driving license, passport, bank pass book, any postal letter received in your name on your address).
• Proof of your age, such as birth certificate, school leaving certificate etc. However this is only required if you are between 18 and 21 years of age.

There are various ways to register yourself for election card Delhi-

Option I- Online filling and submitting the form

• Go to http://www.ceodelhi.gov.in/OnlineErms/login.aspx
• Sign up as “New user”.
• Fill the form -6.
• Upload passport size photo, scanned copy of address proof and age proof and submit.

In case you are unable to upload the documents below then the Booth Level Officer (BLO) who will come to your residence to verify the information and will collect both the documents from you.

Option II – Download Form 6 from the website and send it by post.

• Go to Forms on the top of the home page.
• You will get a number of choices, click on Form 6: Application for Inclusion as a New Voter for the First Time.
• Download the Form, fill it, and stick one passport size photograph on the space given.
• Sign the Form and attach the following:

1. Proof of your residence
2. Proof of your age

Send the Form and documents by post to the VREC (Voters’ Registration and EPIC Centre) of your Assembly Constituency.

Option III – Download Form 6 from the website and deliver it personally.

• Go to Forms on the top of the home page.
• You will get a number of choices, click on Form 6: Application for Inclusion as a New Voter for the First Time.
• Down load the Form, fill it, and stick one passport size photograph on the space given.
• Sign the Form and attach the documents and submit it personally

If in case you filled the online application form wrong, no need to worry. There is another form available on the CEO Delhi voter id website named Form 8. Just mention the necessary corrections to be made on your voter card in the form 8 and a new card will be generated and sent to your residence address.

Remember, Form 6 will be filled for the new voter id card online registration and form 8 will be filled to correct wrong details in the card.

Documents Required To Be Attached

You need to attach two documents in order to get your Voter ID Card. Here we describe to you all the documents and the procedure in detail. The various documents that you are required to attach along with your online form are:
a) Proof of your residence
b) Proof of your age, such as birth certificate, school leaving certificate etc. However this is only required if you are between 18 and 21 years of age.
c) Latest Passport Sized Photograph

You can submit the following in case of address proof and age proof:
Address proof (You can choose any one of the following)
• Bank / Kisan / Post Office current Pass Book
• Ration Card / Passport / Driving license / Income Tax Return filed
• Latest Water / Telephone / Electricity / Gas Connection Bill for that address, either in the name of the applicant or that of his / her immediate relation like parents

Age proof (You can choose any one of the following)
• High School Certificate / SSLC Mark Sheet
• Birth Certificate
• Driving License
• Passport/PAN Card

Online Correction in Voter ID Card Delhi

The person who has filled the wrong details in their voter id card registration like spelling mistakes in Name, wrong or incorrect details of address/date of birth or residential proof can now able to correct their mistakes through official website of Chief Electoral Officer Delhi. You can check the points for online correction in voter id card:

• You will first have to fill the form no.8 with the complete details which you have entered for correction.
• Form no.8 can be filled for the correction to particulars which is filled by the person.
• Documents which are required to fill the form 8 are birth certificate/educational certificate/class 10th marksheet/residential proof.
• Submit you all your important documents such as residential proof, Age proof certificate, educational certificate, and permanent address proof.
• Fill your full name, birth date, gender, relationship type.
• After this attach your recent passport size colored photo with the application of online correction form.
• After this procedure you will get one acknowledge with application id and all the correct details which you have filled before.
• Take a print out copy and keep it with you for further use.
• After verification your voter ID card errors will be corrected.

You will get your new voter id card from BLO/VREC Office or center.

Voter ID Card Status Delhi

The voters from Delhi can track the status of their Voter ID Card Delhi application status on the website of CEO Delhi. They can also find their voter card status using Smartphone. The Delhi election commission has a registered number 9433633333. Delhi voters have to send an SMS which will consist of unique serial number (given to the voters on successful submission of their application).

In addition to this, there is also a helpline number 1506 on which the voters of Delhi can call up and know the status of their voter card. As an added feature for its voters, the CEO Delhi website also lets the voters find the information like location of their Block Level Officer (BLO), polling booth and other election related information.

How to Check Name in Voter List Delhi on Internet?

Not everyone is blessed with an internet connection, that may be hard to believe, but as a matter of fact many households, communities or groups have many other things to worry about other than an internet connection. In these cases people with no access to the internet have to make a couple of trips to the ERO office and engage in monotonous activities in order to conduct even a task as simple as checking the Voter ID Card Delhi Status, something which could be done just by visiting the following link:- http://ceodelhi.gov.in/OnlineErms/CheckApplicationStatus.aspx

How can offline users check their name in the Voter List?

Some may argue that an internet connection has a great outreach and there might not be many people without it but nevertheless it is not surprising to hear that the mobile services have a much greater outreach than internet. Supported by this fact, people without an internet connection can check their name in the voter list just by sending a simple text message. The layout of the text message is as follows:-

Just SMS ‘EPIC’<SPACE>‘Voter ID Card No.’ and send it to 9211728082.

By this way you can save a trip to the Election Office if you want to check your name in the Voter’s List of your constituency.