The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday (February 5, 2026) began briefings for General, Police and Expenditure Observers to be deployed as Central Observers for the elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
A total of 1,444 officers, including 714 General Observers, 233 Police Observers and 497 Expenditure Observers, have been called for the briefing meetings which will be held in three batches over two days from February 5-6.
The briefing was done by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.
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The CEC said the observers should ensure free, fair and transparent elections and said their presence would energise the entire election machinery across 824 constituencies where elections were going to be held.
