Election Department

About Us

About The Department

The Election Department Ladakh, came into existence after formation of Ladakh as a new Union Territory in 2019. The Department is headed by the Administrative Secretary at the level of Secretariat.

The Department performs the administrative work related to the Department. The administrative work related to the conduct of the elections to the “Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Leh/Kargil” is handled by the department, apart from performing the necessary work required for the conduct of Elections to the Lok Sabha (as per the direction of the Election Commission of India)/ Local Bodies like Panchayat and Municipal Elections. The District Offices of the Department comprises of District Election Offices, one each at Leh and Kargil district, headed by the District Election Officer i.e. Deputy Commissioner, Leh/Kargilassisted by the Deputy District Election OfficerLeh/Kargil.

Vision and Mission:

Issuance of timely administrative notifications for the conduct of Elections.
Preparation and Revision of Electoral Roll.
Preparation of healthy and error free electoral roll.
Preparation of Voters Identity Cards as per instructions by Election Commission of India.

Organisation Chart

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Department of Election Department works through following main sections in Civil Secretariat, Leh Ladakh:

General Section (Election Department).
Accounts Section (Finance related matters of ELECTION Ladakh)
Planning Section (Planning related matters of the ELECTION Ladakh)

General section

The Election(ELECTION) Ladakh receives communications from different departments of the UT of Ladakh and the Government of India on various issues. These includes issues of general nature not otherwise specifically defined. It also attends day to day administrative matters of urgent nature. This section has a coordinating role over other sections of the department as well as over subordinate formulation under the Administrative Control of Department of Election.

Who's who

Name	Designation	Phone No.	Email id	Address
Smt. Padma Angmo,IIS	Commissioner/Secretary Election Department Ladakh	01982-256385	secretarypaladakh@gmail.com padmaangmo.iis@ladakh.gov.in	Civil Secretariat, Leh Ladakh.
Sh. Shrikant BalasahebSuse, IAS	District Election Officer/Deputy CommissionerLeh	01982-252685/01982-252010	entleh@nic.in	DC Office, Leh Ladakh,
Sh. Santosh Sukhadeve, IAS	District Election Officer/Deputy Commissioner/ CEO LAHDC Kargil	01985-232216	entlekargil@nic.in	DC Office, Kargil
Sh. Sonam Chosjor, JKAS	Deputy District Election Officer, Leh/ Electoral Registration Officer, Ladakh	01982-252049 01982-251744	entleh@nic.in	District Election office Leh
Ms. Nargis Banoo, JKAS	Deputy District Election Officer, Kargil	01985-232216	entlekargil@nic.in	District Election Office, Kargil
Mr. Abied Hussain	OSD to Commissioner/ Secretary Election Department Ladakh	9622857476	abid.kakapori@ladakh.gov.in secy.techeduc@gmail.com	Room no.09, Civil Secretariat, Leh Ladakh, Pin Code:- 194101

Departmental Wings: –

Under the Administrative Control of the Department of Election there are two District Election Offices (District Election Office Leh/Kargil) in each district. Further the Election Commission of India (ECI), has designated the “Additional Deputy Commissioner, Leh” of the Union Territory of Ladakh as the “Electoral Registration Officer (ERO)” of the 04-Ladakh Parliamentary Constituency in the Union Territory of Ladakh and the ECI has also designated 15 officers as Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) to assist the ERO.

Citizen Charter

Preparation and issue of Electoral Photo identity Cards (EPIC)as per instructions by Election Commission of India to the newly enrolled electors as well as who have been applied for modification / Lost etc.

Powers And Duties

Directory of Officers and Officials:

The Department is headed by Administrative Secretary (Presently, Ms. Padma Angmo, IIS Commissioner/ Secretary ELECTION). The Administrative secretary is assisted in the administrative and policy matters by the following teams of officers with different subject as mentioned below:

Stanzin Donsal Sr. Accounts Officer ELECTION (Deals with all finance related matters of ELECTION)
Ghulam Mohd, AD Planning ELECTION (Deals with all Planning related matters of ELECTION).
Abied Hussain OSD ELECTION (Deals with General Administrative matters of the Department).

Rules

The list of rules, regulations, instructions, manual and records of the Department of ElectionDepartment are as under:

Secretariat Level:

Recruitment Rules of Non- Gazetted (Union Territory of Ladakh Election Department Subordinate Recruitment Rules, 2022).

Budget Allocation

The budget allocated/ different projects approved for the financial year 22-23 under Special Development Package are as under: –

Rs. In Crore
S.no	Major Head	Object Head	Name of the scheme/works	Approved outlay 2022-23	100% Authorization
1	2	3	4	5	6
1	4575	53 Major Works	Construction of Election Office for Chief Electoral Officer, Ladakh.	0.50	0.50
2	4575	53Major Works	Construction of EVMs/VVPTs Warehouse at Kargil	1.50	1.50
			Total (Election)	2.00	2.00

RTI

RTI Section

Any citizen can seek information pertaining to Department of Election in terms of the relevant provision of Right to Information Act, 2005.

The details of the 1^st Appellate Authority and Pubic Information Officer, Department of Election are given as under:

1^st Appellate Authority

Name	Smt. Padma Angmo,IIS
Designation	Commissioner/Secretary ELECTION
Phone/ Mobile no.	01982-256385
Email	secretarypaladakh@gmail.com padmaangmo.iis@ladakh.gov.in
Address	Civil Secretariat, Leh Ladakh, Pin Code:- 194101

Public Information Officer

Name	Mr.Abied Hussain
Designation	OSDElection Department Ladakh
Phone/ Mobile no.	9622857476
Email	abid.kakapori@ladakh.gov.in secy.techeduc@gmail.com
Address	Room no.09, Civil Secretariat, Leh Ladakh, Pin Code:- 194101