Tested and assessed: ECI to Uttar Pradesh’s poll preparedness: A practical reader guide

Tested and assessed: ECI to Uttar Pradesh's poll preparedness: A practical reader guide

The Election Commission of India (ECI) will begin reviewing Uttar Pradesh’s preparedness for the 2027 assembly elections on Monday, starting with 18 districts across four divisions during a meeting in Meerut.

Divisional commissioners, police commissioners, inspector generals of police/deputy inspector generals of police, district election officers (DEOs)/district magistrates and senior superintendents of police/superintendents of police will attend the meeting. Officials will make presentations on the progress of election preparations and arrangements in their respective divisions and districts. The ECI team will subsequently review election preparations in the remaining divisions and districts of Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa said senior deputy election commissioner Manish Garg and other senior ECI officials would review preparations in districts falling under the Meerut, Saharanpur, Moradabad and Aligarh divisions. Rinwa said he would also be part of the review team.