Election Commission of India introduce online filing of nomination

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMarch 16, 2024

In order to facilitate filing of nomination by candidates to the Lok Sabha Election and the various Legislative Assembly Election, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has introduced an online portal for filling the nomination & affidavit.

According to a press release issued in Saturday, the Commission informed that candidate can visit https://suvidha.eci.gov.in to create his/her account, fill nomination form, deposit the security amount, check availability of time slot and appropriately plan his visit to the Returning Officer.

Once the application is filled through the online portal, the candidate only needs to take a printout, get it notarized and submit the application along with relevant documents to the Returning Officer in person. The Commission informed that the Online Nomination Facility is an optional facility to facilitate ease of filing and correct filing. The regular offline submission as prescribed under the law shall continue too.

The Commission informed that under the Suvidha Portal there is a permission module which allows the candidates, political parties or any representatives of the candidate to apply online for the permission for meetings, rallies, loudspeakers, temporary offices, and others through SUVIDHA Portalhttps://suvidha.eci.gov.in/. The Candidates can also track their application status through the same portal.

In view of COVID-19, the Commission has directed that allocation of public spaces for meetings and rallies must be done using the Suvidha app as far as practicable. The application will be available during elections for Candidates / Political Parties / Agents to download and use to track the nomination and permission status from the Google Play store.