Updated on: Jun 14th, 2024
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You can link your Aadhar card with your voter ID online (Website, App) and offline (Call, SMS, Physical process). However, the government has stated that it is voluntary and not mandatory.
Voter ID and Aadhaar card are important identification documents for an Indian citizen. Linking the Aadhaar number with the individual’s voter ID card effectively eliminates bogus or multiple voter ID cards in a single individual’s name. There are several ways to link Aadhaar Card with voter ID.
The linking of Aadhaar with voter ID can be done on Voter Service Portal. You must log in to the Voter Service Portal to link your Voter ID and your Aadhaar card.
To link your Aadhaar number with your Voter ID, send an SMS to 166 OR 51969 in the following format:
ECILINK<SPACE><EPIC No.>< SPACE><Aadhaar No.>
One can link their Aadhaar card with Voter ID by calling 1950 on weekdays between 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Aadhar can also be linked with Voter ID by submitting an application to your respective Booth Level Officer (BLO). The information provided will be verified by the BLO and after verification, it will be reflected in the records.
You can link the Aadhaar card to your Voter ID by downloading the Voter Helpline App from Google Play Store or App Store. Follow the below steps to link Aadhaar with your Voter ID on the Voter Helpline App:
The government has not provided a last date to link Aadhaar and Voter ID. Thus, you can do it anytime.
It is not made it mandatory to link Aadhaar and Voter ID. It is voluntary.
EPIC number is your Voter ID card number. It is the unique number printed on your Voter ID card.
There are no fees for filing an application to link Aadhaar with Voter ID. It is free of cost.
Form 6B is the ‘letter of information of Aadhaar number for the purpose of electoral roll authentication’. It is the form for sharing your Aadhaar number with the Election Commission of India and linking it with Voter ID.
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Options to link Aadhaar card with Voter ID include online through the Voter Service Portal, SMS, phone, offline by submitting an application to Booth Level Officer, or through the Voter Helpline App. The process is voluntary with no fees, and the EPIC number on Voter ID is unique to each cardholder.