EC Declares Special Observers for Lok Sabha & Assembly Polls, Know the Ones for Odisha

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday declared a list of Special Observers appointed for the General Elections 2024.

These special observers for the General Elections to Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies 2024 will monitor the electoral process with strict vigilance.

Special Observers appointed are former civil servants with good track record. Special Observers (General and Police) have been deployed in states of West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar where the population is more than 7 crores along with States of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha where the simultaneous elections to the Assemblies are to be held.

The General and Police Special Observer deployed in six states are:

General Special Observer Manjit Singh, IAS (Retd) (RJ:88) and Police Special Observer Vivek Dube, IPS (Retd.) (AP:81) in Bihar.

General Special Observer Dharmendra S. Gangwar, IAS (Retd.) (BH:1988) and Police Special Observer N K Mishra, IPS (Retd.) (SK:88) in Maharashtra.

General Special Observer Ajay V Nayak, IAS, (Retd.) (BH:84) and Police Special Observer Manmohan Singh, IPS (Retd.) (BH:88) in Uttar Pradesh.

General Special Observer Ram Mohan Mishra, IAS (Retd.) (AM:87) and Police Special Observer Deepak Mishra, IPS (Retd) (AGMUT:84) in Andhra Pradesh.

General Special Observer Yogendra Tripathi, IAS (Retd.) (KN:1985) and Police Special Observer Rajnikant Mishra, IPS (Retd.) (UP:84) in Odisha.

General Special Observer Sh. Alok Sinha, IAS (Retd.) (UP:1986) and Police Special Observer Sh. Anil Kumar Sharma, IPS (Retd.) (PB:84) in West Bengal.

The Special Expenditure Observers appointed in the five states are:

Rajesh Tuteja, Ex IRS (IT) (1987) in Uttar Pradesh;

Himalini Kashyap, Ex IRS (IT) (1985) in Odisha;

Murali Kumar, IRS (Retd.) (IRS:1983) in Karnataka;

Neena Nigam, IRS (Retd.) (IRS:83) in Andhra Pradesh;

R. Balakrishnan, Ex IRS (IT) (1983) in Tamil Nadu.