Lok Sabha elections 2024: Know your voting rights

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Learn how to register as a voter at 18, understand your rights, and stay informed for elections.

A citizen can be enrolled as a voter when he or she is 18 years old as on January 1 of the year electoral rolls are prepared. The electoral rolls are revised once in five years as well as prior to an election. The Election Commission periodically does house-to-house enumeration. But the onus is on you to register as a voter.

Here are some of the rights a voter needs to be aware of:

If you are 18 years or above, as of 1st January 2024, you are eligible to vote in the ongoing general elections. But it is important to know that a voter can be enrolled only at one place. Registration in more than one place is an offence. 

You can only be enrolled as a voter at your ordinary place of residence. This means that you should register to vote in the constituency where you currently reside.

If you have shifted from one place of residence to another within the same constituency, you can use Form 8 to update your details. This form allows you to shift your voter registration from one address to another within the same constituency.

Also read: How to check for your name in the voter list 

The electors have to identify themselves with either the Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) issued by the Commission or any other documentary proof as prescribed by the Commission.