Graduate / Teacher MLC Constituencies Election 2022 Notification - Complete Information & Links
The qualifying date for Graduate / Teacher MLC Constituencies Election 2022 is 1st Nov 2022
All the information and updates will be taken basing on the qualifying date as mentioned by Election Commission of India. Let us see one by one.
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| Form 18 PDF for Graduate MLC Voter Registration | Download |
| Form 19 PDF for Teacher MLC Voter Registration | Download |
| Online Graduate MLC Voter Registration Online Form 18 | Click Here |
| Online Teacher MLC Voter Registration Online Form 19 | Click Here |
| Graduate MLC Voter Eligibility in Detail | Click Here |
| Teacher MLC Voter Eligibility in Detail | Click Here |
| Qualifications/ Univerisities accepted for Graduate MLC Voter Registratinon | Download |
| Graduate/Teacher MLC Voter Registration Schedule | Click Here |
Graduates' MLC Constituencies Voter Enrolment Eligibility
Qualifications/eligibilityThe eligibility of a person for enrolment in a Graduates' Constituency is to be determined having regard to provision of Article 171 (3) (a) of the Constitution and Sections 27(3)(a), 27 (5) (a) and 27 (6) of the R. P. Act 1950.
Accordingly, a person who has been, for at least three years before the qualifying date, a graduate of any University in the territory of India or has been in possession of equivalent qualifications as prescribed and is ordinarily resident of the concerned constituency is entitled to be registered as an elector in a Graduates' Constituency.
According to Section 27 (5) (a) of Representation of the People Act, 1950, a person must fulfil the following conditions for being entitled to be registered in electoral roll of a Graduates' Constituency -
According to Section 27 (5) (a) of Representation of the People Act, 1950, a person must fulfil the following conditions for being entitled to be registered in electoral roll of a Graduates' Constituency -
- Should be ordinarily resident in the Graduates' Constituency.
- Should have, for at least three years before the qualifying date, been either a graduate of a University in the territory of India or in possession of any of the qualifications specified under clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 27 of Representation of the People Act, 1950, by the State Government concerned, with the concurrence of the Election Commission, as qualifications which shall be deemed to be equivalent to that of a graduate of a University in the territory of India.
- Section 27 (6) of Representation of the People Act, 1950 stipulates that the qualifying date shall be the 1st day of November of the year in which the preparation or revision of the electoral roll is commenced.
- The provisions of Sections 15, 16,18,21,22 and 23 of Representation of the People Act, 1950 shall apply in relation to Graduates' constituencies' as they apply in relation to assembly constituencies, as mandated by section 27(4).
- Rule 31{1) of Registration of Electors Rules, 1960 provides that the roll for every Graduate's constituency shall be prepared in such form, manner and language or languages as the Election Commission may direct.
- Under rule 31(5), the provisions of Rules 10 to 27, except clause (c) of sub-rule (1) and clause (c) of sub-rule (2) of Rule 13, of Registration of Electors Rules, 1960 shall apply in relation to Graduates' constituencies as they apply in relation to assembly constituencies. The claim application for inclusion in the roll of a Graduates' constituency shall be made in Form 18.
Teachers' MLC Constituencies Voter Enrolment Eligibility 2022
Eligibility/qualificationAccording to Section 27 (5) (b) of Representation of the People Act, 1950, a person must fulfil the following conditions for being entitled to be registered in electoral roll of a Teachers' Constituency-
The de-novo preparation should be done before every Biennial /bye election is due from the constituency.
Eligible persons should apply for enrolment of their names in the prescribed Forms (Form 18 for Graduates' and Form 19 for Teachers' Constituencies) along with supporting documents which are available on the Commission's website at the links http://eci.nic.in/eci main/forms/Form 18E.pdf and http://eci.nic.in/ecimain/forms/Form 19E.pdf.
Form 18 (For Graduates' Constituency) and Form 19 (For Teachers' Constituency) for inclusion of names should be got printed on one side of the page only and acknowledgement receipt printed thereon should be detached and furnished to all the applicants through the Heads of the Institutions or directly,
As a person has to apply (in Form 18) for enrolment in Graduates' constituency, in addition to verification of the ordinary resident status of the applicant, it is necessary to verify that the applicant is in possession of the required educational qualifications for at least three years prior to the qualifying date.
Clarification- The three year period for which a person should be a graduate before registration will count from the date on which the result of the qualifying degree examination was declared and published by the university or an authority concerned and not from the date of convocation.
The applicant shall have to submit documentary proof of having such an educational qualification to the satisfaction of the Electoral Registration Officer or the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer concerned. The Electoral Registration Officer or the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer concerned should make such verification of the documentary proof as he considers necessary. A copy of degree or mark-sheet of the required educational qualification attested by a Gazetted officer should normally be considered adequate documentary proof of possessing that educational qualification.
The eligible persons should apply for enrolment of their names in the prescribed Form 18 along with any of the documents listed below-
In case the applicant submits his application in person before the ERO/Assistant Electoral Registration Officer or Designated Officer, duly appointed for the purpose, he will produce the original degree/ diploma certificate/ mark sheet before them. The officer will scrutinize the degree/ diploma certificate/ mark sheet or requisite document submitted with the application and after satisfying himself and record either "Verified with original and found correct" or "Verified with original and found not correct - Rejected". He will then-affix his signature, full name and PIN number (in case of Designated Officer) on the application as mark of a summary enquiry and forward the application to the Electoral Registration Officer, where it is presented to AERO/Designated Officer.
Any application where the above procedure is not followed will summarily be rejected by the Electoral Registration Officer as incomplete.
As the electoral rolls for the Graduates'/Teachers' constituencies are required to be prepared afresh every time before a biennial/bye-election, all persons whose names are included in the existing rolls should also submit fresh application in the prescribed Form.
Every application in prescribed Form 18 by a person seeking enrolment in Graduates' constituency shall be accompanied by requisite documents/certificate. It may be noted that mere reference to an entry in the existing electoral roll will not be repeat will not be taken into account for determining the eligibility of a person for enrolment in the electoral rolls.
Section 20(4) of the RP Act, 1950 does not apply for the purpose of electoral rolls for Graduates' constituency. Therefore, the facility of enrolment of declared office holders in native place by the declaration in Form I is not available in the case of Graduates' constituency. They can get their name enrolled, if eligible, in the place where they are ordinarily resident for the time being.
Applications in bulk whether submitted in person or by post, shall not be considered for inclusion by the Electoral Registration Officer.
Clarification- However, the Heads of the Institutions may forward the applications of all their eligible staff together. Simi/only, a person may also submit Forms 18 in respect of other eligible members of his family, residing at the same address and may get the certificate verified by producing original certificates in respect of each such member. Any bulk applications submitted by political parties, Booth Level Agents or Resident Welfare Associations shall not be considered
As the electoral rolls for the Graduates'/Teachers' constituencies are required to be prepared afresh every time before a biennial/bye-election, all persons whose names are included in the existing rolls should also submit fresh application in the prescribed Form.
Every application in prescribed Form 19 by a person seeking enrolment in Teachers' constituency shall be accompanied by requisite documents/certificate. It may be noted that mere reference to an entry in the existing electoral roll will not be repeat will not be taken into account for determining the eligibility of a person for enrolment in the electoral rolls.
Enrolment in Teachers' constituency requires that the elector should have, within the six years immediately before the qualifying date for a total period of at least three years, been engaged in teaching in any of the specified educational institutions.
Clarification - (1). The engagement of a person in teaching in the specified educational institutions for at least three years within the preceding six years may be either in one continuous spell or in broken spells and further, may be either in one institution or more institutions, but all such institutions must be specified by the State Government. Therefore, it is immaterial whether a person, who has been so engaged in teaching for a total period of three years in one or more specified educational institutions, has been employed in those institutions as teacher on regular basis or on ad-hoc basis but he should be whole time teacher (even if there is no sanctioned post) and not engaged on a part-time basis as the condition for three years engagement in teaching cannot be fulfilled by a part-time teacher. Part-time teachers are not eligible for enrolment in the electoral rolls for Teachers' constituency.
(2). In the light of the order of the Hon'ble High Court of Allahabad {Lucknow Bench) dated 5th March 2008, in Writ Petition No. 1269 (M/8) of 2008 {Madhyamik Vitta Viheen Vidyalaya Prabandhak Mahasabha Vs State of Uttar Pradesh), the name of such teacher of unaided private school (if it is covered by the list of specified educational institutions) shall also be included in the electoral roll who intends to get his/her name enrolled in the voter list (i.e. electoral roll) of the Teachers' Constituency and approaches the ERO, after getting a certificate/counter signature from the District Inspector of Schools that he/she is a bonafide teacher of the specified educational institution having the required length of service and, whose standard is not below the standard of the secondary school.
Every person applying for enrolment (in Form-19) in Teachers' constituency must submit documentary proof of having been engaged in teaching in any of the specified educational institutions for a total period of at least three years within six years immediately before the qualifying date.
- Should be ordinarily resident in the Teachers' Constituency.
- Within the six years immediately before the qualifying date, for a total period of at least three years, should have been engaged in teaching in any of the educational institutions specified under clause (b) of sub-section {3) of Section 27 of Representation of the People Act, 1950 by the State Government concerned, with the concurrence of the Election Commission, as educational institutions within the State not lower in standard than that of a secondary school.
- Section 27 (6) of Representation of the People Act, 1950 stipulates that the qualifying date shall be the 1st day of November of the year in which the preparation or revision of the electoral roll is commenced.
- The provisions of Sections 15,16,18,21,22 and 23 of Representation of the People Act, 1950 shall apply in relation to Teachers' constituency as they apply in relation to assembly constituencies.
- Rule 31(1) of Registration of Electors Rules, 1960 provides that the roll for every Teachers' constituency shall be prepared in such form, manner and language or languages as the Election Commission may direct.
- Under rule 31(5), the provisions of Rules 10 to 27 except clause (c) of sub-rule (1) and clause (c) of sub rule (2) of Rule 13 of Registration of Electors Rules, 1960 shall apply in relation to Teachers' constituency as they apply in relation to assembly constituencies. The claim application for inclusion in the roll of the Teachers' constituency shall be made in Form 19.
Procedure for preparation of Electoral Rolls for Graduates' and Teachers' Constituencies 2022
The electoral rolls shall, be prepared, afresh, in the prescribed manner, with reference to the qualifying date before every biennial election or before every bye-election to fill a casual vacancy in any year. Provided further that if the electoral rolls are not prepared afresh, as aforesaid, the validity or continued operation of the existing electoral rolls shall not thereby be affected. The qualifying date for this is 1st day of November of the year in which the preparation or revision of rolls is commenced.The de-novo preparation should be done before every Biennial /bye election is due from the constituency.
Eligible persons should apply for enrolment of their names in the prescribed Forms (Form 18 for Graduates' and Form 19 for Teachers' Constituencies) along with supporting documents which are available on the Commission's website at the links http://eci.nic.in/eci main/forms/Form 18E.pdf and http://eci.nic.in/ecimain/forms/Form 19E.pdf.
Form 18 (For Graduates' Constituency) and Form 19 (For Teachers' Constituency) for inclusion of names should be got printed on one side of the page only and acknowledgement receipt printed thereon should be detached and furnished to all the applicants through the Heads of the Institutions or directly,
Graduates' Constituencies 2022
Before de-novo preparation of electoral rolls of the concerned Graduates' constituency, the Chief Electoral Officer should obtain a copy of all Notifications issued by the State Government, with the concurrence of the Commission, under Section 27 (3) (a) of Representation of the People Act, 1950 specifying the qualifications which shall be deemed to be equivalent to that of a graduate of a University in the territory of India. The Chief Electoral Officer should then prepare an updated list of such specified qualifications and send a copy of the list to every Electoral Registration Officer. It should be uploaded in CEOs' portal for information of all stakeholders. Wide publicity should be given to the list of specified qualifications for information of the Public.As a person has to apply (in Form 18) for enrolment in Graduates' constituency, in addition to verification of the ordinary resident status of the applicant, it is necessary to verify that the applicant is in possession of the required educational qualifications for at least three years prior to the qualifying date.
Clarification- The three year period for which a person should be a graduate before registration will count from the date on which the result of the qualifying degree examination was declared and published by the university or an authority concerned and not from the date of convocation.
The applicant shall have to submit documentary proof of having such an educational qualification to the satisfaction of the Electoral Registration Officer or the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer concerned. The Electoral Registration Officer or the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer concerned should make such verification of the documentary proof as he considers necessary. A copy of degree or mark-sheet of the required educational qualification attested by a Gazetted officer should normally be considered adequate documentary proof of possessing that educational qualification.
The eligible persons should apply for enrolment of their names in the prescribed Form 18 along with any of the documents listed below-
- a) The degree/diploma certificate, in original, issued by the University or Institution concerned or a copy thereof, duly authenticated by the Designated Officer/Additional Designated Officer/Gazetted Officer of the District concerned, after due verification of the same with the original degree/ diploma certificate; or
- b) A copy of an entry in the Government record or a certificate issued to a Graduate employee by the Gazetted Head of Office/Institute on the basis of entries in Government records in his custody or a copy of an entry in the record of Statutory Bodies, Corporations or Public undertakings specifying the degree, diploma or certificate possessed by the claimant, duly attested by the Head of the office concerned ; or
- c) An attested copy of the card of registration as Registered Graduate issued by the University, a certified copy of the relevant entry in the list of Registered Graduates', the Roll of Advocates, the Register of Medical Practitioners, the Register of Chartered Accountants, the Register of Engineers maintained by Institute of Engineers, etc.; or
- d) An Affidavit by the claimant, supported by certificate from the Registrar of the University, or the Principal of the College affiliated to University or from the Head of the Department of such College under whom he had studied; or
- e) The mark sheet, in original, issued by the University or Institution concerned or a copy thereof, duly authenticated by the Designated Officer/Additional Designated Officer/Gazetted Officer of the District concerned/Notary Public, after due verification of the same with the original mark-sheet, provided that there is a clear indication that the claimant has passed the relevant examination.
In case the applicant submits his application in person before the ERO/Assistant Electoral Registration Officer or Designated Officer, duly appointed for the purpose, he will produce the original degree/ diploma certificate/ mark sheet before them. The officer will scrutinize the degree/ diploma certificate/ mark sheet or requisite document submitted with the application and after satisfying himself and record either "Verified with original and found correct" or "Verified with original and found not correct - Rejected". He will then-affix his signature, full name and PIN number (in case of Designated Officer) on the application as mark of a summary enquiry and forward the application to the Electoral Registration Officer, where it is presented to AERO/Designated Officer.
Any application where the above procedure is not followed will summarily be rejected by the Electoral Registration Officer as incomplete.
As the electoral rolls for the Graduates'/Teachers' constituencies are required to be prepared afresh every time before a biennial/bye-election, all persons whose names are included in the existing rolls should also submit fresh application in the prescribed Form.
Every application in prescribed Form 18 by a person seeking enrolment in Graduates' constituency shall be accompanied by requisite documents/certificate. It may be noted that mere reference to an entry in the existing electoral roll will not be repeat will not be taken into account for determining the eligibility of a person for enrolment in the electoral rolls.
Section 20(4) of the RP Act, 1950 does not apply for the purpose of electoral rolls for Graduates' constituency. Therefore, the facility of enrolment of declared office holders in native place by the declaration in Form I is not available in the case of Graduates' constituency. They can get their name enrolled, if eligible, in the place where they are ordinarily resident for the time being.
Applications in bulk whether submitted in person or by post, shall not be considered for inclusion by the Electoral Registration Officer.
Clarification- However, the Heads of the Institutions may forward the applications of all their eligible staff together. Simi/only, a person may also submit Forms 18 in respect of other eligible members of his family, residing at the same address and may get the certificate verified by producing original certificates in respect of each such member. Any bulk applications submitted by political parties, Booth Level Agents or Resident Welfare Associations shall not be considered
Teachers' Constituencies 2022
Before de-nova preparation of electoral roll in the year in which the election is due from the constituency, the Chief Electoral Officer should obtain a copy of all Notifications issued by the State Government, with the concurrence of the Commission, under Section 27 (3) (b) of Representation of the People Act, 1950 to specify the educational institutions within the State not lower in standard than that of a secondary school. The Chief Electoral Officer should then prepare an updated list of such specified educational institutions and send a copy of the list to every Electoral Registration Officer. Wide publicity should be given to the list of specified educational institutions for information of the Public.As the electoral rolls for the Graduates'/Teachers' constituencies are required to be prepared afresh every time before a biennial/bye-election, all persons whose names are included in the existing rolls should also submit fresh application in the prescribed Form.
Every application in prescribed Form 19 by a person seeking enrolment in Teachers' constituency shall be accompanied by requisite documents/certificate. It may be noted that mere reference to an entry in the existing electoral roll will not be repeat will not be taken into account for determining the eligibility of a person for enrolment in the electoral rolls.
Enrolment in Teachers' constituency requires that the elector should have, within the six years immediately before the qualifying date for a total period of at least three years, been engaged in teaching in any of the specified educational institutions.
Clarification - (1). The engagement of a person in teaching in the specified educational institutions for at least three years within the preceding six years may be either in one continuous spell or in broken spells and further, may be either in one institution or more institutions, but all such institutions must be specified by the State Government. Therefore, it is immaterial whether a person, who has been so engaged in teaching for a total period of three years in one or more specified educational institutions, has been employed in those institutions as teacher on regular basis or on ad-hoc basis but he should be whole time teacher (even if there is no sanctioned post) and not engaged on a part-time basis as the condition for three years engagement in teaching cannot be fulfilled by a part-time teacher. Part-time teachers are not eligible for enrolment in the electoral rolls for Teachers' constituency.
(2). In the light of the order of the Hon'ble High Court of Allahabad {Lucknow Bench) dated 5th March 2008, in Writ Petition No. 1269 (M/8) of 2008 {Madhyamik Vitta Viheen Vidyalaya Prabandhak Mahasabha Vs State of Uttar Pradesh), the name of such teacher of unaided private school (if it is covered by the list of specified educational institutions) shall also be included in the electoral roll who intends to get his/her name enrolled in the voter list (i.e. electoral roll) of the Teachers' Constituency and approaches the ERO, after getting a certificate/counter signature from the District Inspector of Schools that he/she is a bonafide teacher of the specified educational institution having the required length of service and, whose standard is not below the standard of the secondary school.
Every person applying for enrolment (in Form-19) in Teachers' constituency must submit documentary proof of having been engaged in teaching in any of the specified educational institutions for a total period of at least three years within six years immediately before the qualifying date.
The Electoral Registration Officer or the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer concerned should make such verification of the documentary proof as he considers necessary. A certificate by the Head of the teaching institution should normally be considered adequate documentary proof of possessing that teaching qualification. The certificate from the Head of the Institution shall be in the Format at Annexure-2
Clarification - If any person, who has applied for inclusion of his name in a teachers' constituency, has been engaged in teaching in more than one specified educational institutions in the last six years, the certificate from the Head of institution of each of such educational institution wi/1 be required for the period for which he was engaged in teaching in that educational institution.
As soon as Electoral Registration Officer receives list of specified educational institutions obtained by the Chief Electoral Officer from State Government, he should collect information about all persons who are eligible for enrolment in Teacher's Constituency from heads of specified educational institutions. He should further check whether all such eligible persons are enrolled in the draft electoral rolls being prepared by him or not. If the Electoral Registration Officer finds that an eligible person is left out, he should send a blank Form 19 to the concerned person with a request to fill the application form and send it to the Electoral Registration Officer through the head of the institution, in which the applicant has been working.
Section 20(4) of the R.P. Act, 1950 does not apply for the purpose of electoral rolls for Teachers' constituency. Therefore, the facility of enrolment of declared office holders in native place by the declaration in Form I is not available in the case of Teachers' constituency. They can get their name enrolled, if eligible, in the place where they are ordinarily resident for the time being.
Clarification- It is not necessary that the educational institution in which an eligible elector is employed should also fall within the same Teachers' constituency. The eligibility to be enrolled in a particular Teachers' constituency should be determined on the basis of the applicants' place of ordinary residence and not on the basis of his place of work.
Constituencies of different categories, namely, Graduates', Teachers' and Local Authorities'. For example a graduate teacher with the requisite qualification will be entitled to be registered both in the Graduates' constituency as well as in the Teachers' constituency.
Clarification- However, in the case of members of one Local Authority, some of whom may be ex-officio members of other local authorities, their names should appear only once where they are members.
Clarification - If any person, who has applied for inclusion of his name in a teachers' constituency, has been engaged in teaching in more than one specified educational institutions in the last six years, the certificate from the Head of institution of each of such educational institution wi/1 be required for the period for which he was engaged in teaching in that educational institution.
As soon as Electoral Registration Officer receives list of specified educational institutions obtained by the Chief Electoral Officer from State Government, he should collect information about all persons who are eligible for enrolment in Teacher's Constituency from heads of specified educational institutions. He should further check whether all such eligible persons are enrolled in the draft electoral rolls being prepared by him or not. If the Electoral Registration Officer finds that an eligible person is left out, he should send a blank Form 19 to the concerned person with a request to fill the application form and send it to the Electoral Registration Officer through the head of the institution, in which the applicant has been working.
Section 20(4) of the R.P. Act, 1950 does not apply for the purpose of electoral rolls for Teachers' constituency. Therefore, the facility of enrolment of declared office holders in native place by the declaration in Form I is not available in the case of Teachers' constituency. They can get their name enrolled, if eligible, in the place where they are ordinarily resident for the time being.
Clarification- It is not necessary that the educational institution in which an eligible elector is employed should also fall within the same Teachers' constituency. The eligibility to be enrolled in a particular Teachers' constituency should be determined on the basis of the applicants' place of ordinary residence and not on the basis of his place of work.
ENROLMENT IN Graduate MLC / Teacher MLC COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES
The provisions of Sections 17 and 18 will apply in respect of enrolment in council constituencies also. A person cannot be registered as voter more than once in any Constituency or in more than one Constituency of the same category. But a person can, if duly qualified, be registered as a voter inConstituencies of different categories, namely, Graduates', Teachers' and Local Authorities'. For example a graduate teacher with the requisite qualification will be entitled to be registered both in the Graduates' constituency as well as in the Teachers' constituency.
Clarification- However, in the case of members of one Local Authority, some of whom may be ex-officio members of other local authorities, their names should appear only once where they are members.
