{"id":328706,"date":"2025-03-04T18:34:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T13:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=328706"},"modified":"2025-03-04T18:34:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T13:04:22","slug":"electors-photo-identity-card-epic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/electors-photo-identity-card-epic\/","title":{"rendered":"Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"b37f9620-2cb7-4079-ba90-acc66c3749b9\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"282\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong>News:<\/strong> West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has accused the BJP that multiple electors have been assigned identical EPIC numbers, raising concerns about electoral integrity ahead of the state elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>About Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>An <strong>Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC)<\/strong> is issued to all registered voters to prevent <strong>impersonation<\/strong> during elections.<\/li>\n<li>It serves as an <strong>identity document<\/strong> but <strong>does not grant the right to vote<\/strong> unless the elector&#8217;s name is present in the electoral roll.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Registration of Electors Rules, 1960<\/strong> provides for the issuance of EPICs.<\/li>\n<li>EPICs were introduced in <strong>1993<\/strong> and are <strong>issued by state governments.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Contents of EPIC:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Elector\u2019s name, age, and residence details<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Photograph of the voter<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Facsimile signature of the Registration Officer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Any other <strong>particulars specified by the Election Commission (EC)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>EPIC Number Format<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: var(--list--font-family); background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\"><strong>:<\/strong><\/span> It is a unique alphanumeric code consisting of<span style=\"font-family: var(--list--font-family); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Three alphabetical codes<\/li>\n<li>A seven-digit numerical code<\/li>\n<li>Each EPIC number includes a <strong>Functional Unique Serial Number (FUSN)<\/strong> for the respective Assembly constituency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Since <strong>2017<\/strong>, EPICs have been generated <strong>exclusively online<\/strong> via the <strong>ERONET<\/strong> portal of the Election Commission.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>first-time issuance<\/strong> of an EPIC assigns a <strong>unique number<\/strong> to the elector. If an elector <strong>replaces<\/strong> their EPIC, the number remains the <strong>same as the original<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Duplicate EPIC Numbers Issue:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The EC has acknowledged <strong>duplicate EPIC numbers<\/strong> but clarified that no voter can cast votes outside their <strong>designated constituency<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>EC is working on <strong>rectifying duplicate EPIC numbers<\/strong> by assigning <strong>new unique numbers<\/strong> through the <strong>ERONET 2.0<\/strong> platform.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has accused the BJP that multiple electors have been assigned identical EPIC numbers, raising concerns about electoral integrity ahead of the state elections. About Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) An Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) is issued to all registered voters to prevent impersonation during elections. It serves as&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/electors-photo-identity-card-epic\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760,12039],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-328706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}