The Election Commission of India (ECI) has conducted 4,719 meetings across the country in a span of 25 days with 40 meetings at the Chief Electoral Officers (CEO) level, 800 by District Election Officer (DEO) level and 3,879 by Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) level, engaging over 28,000 representatives of political parties.

These meetings were held in accordance with the directives issued by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar along with ECs Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr Vivek Joshi, during the Chief Electoral Officers’ conference held on March 4-5 2025, at IIIDEM, New Delhi.

The engagements are aimed to resolve any pending issues by the concerned competent authority i.e. ERO or DEO or CEO within the existing legal framework of the Representation of the People Act 1950 and 1951; the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960; the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 and the manuals, guidelines, and instructions issued by ECI from time to time. An action taken report has been sought from all State/UT CEOs for further assessment and any issue, if unresolved within the existing legal framework, will be taken up by the Commission.

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