BMC Voter List 2026: A fresh voter list is being prepared for Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation before the next urban local body (ULB) election. The last published final list had 7,25,765 voters across 67 wards, who voted at 705 polling booths. Revision work for the new roll started with a pilot door-to-door survey in three BMC wards in September 2026.
Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) runs civic services in the state capital, and its ward wise voter list decides who can vote in the municipal polls. Since the last ULB election, many families have shifted homes, added new voters and corrected old entries. So State Election Commission (SEC) is doing a full revision of the roll before the next polls. Draft voter list is targeted for January 1, 2027, and the final list for February 10, 2027.
BMC Voter List 2026 for Bhubaneswar ULB Election
Odisha held its last municipal polls in 2022. For that election, BMC released a final voter list of 7,25,765 voters, which included 3,94,510 men, 3,30,815 women and 440 voters from other categories. The list was placed at all ward offices, zonal offices, BMC headquarters and the office of the Additional District Magistrate (ADM), Bhubaneswar.
A new roll is under preparation now. Panchayat and ULB elections are likely in the last week of April or the first week of May 2027, after the Census work gets over. SEC is expected to issue the election notification after the first week of March 2027.
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| List Name | BMC Voter List (Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation) |
| Wards Covered | 67 wards |
| Voters in Last Final List | 7,25,765 (3,94,510 men, 3,30,815 women, 440 other voters) |
| Polling Booths | 705 |
| Current Status | New electoral roll under preparation for the next ULB election |
| Door-to-Door Survey | October 26 to November 7, 2026 (pilot in 3 BMC wards from September 3 to 11, 2026) |
| Draft Voter List Target | January 1, 2027 |
| Final Voter List Target | February 10, 2027 |
| Official Website | bmc.gov.in |
The revision will also change how booths are mapped in the city. Many assembly booths in urban areas do not have a clear geographical boundary, so voters from 10 to 12 different areas end up in one booth. In some cases, a voter living in one ward is listed in another ward. That is one reason why turnout in city polls stays low. The new survey is meant to fix this problem.
Voter list revision work in Bhubaneswar
SEC began with a pilot survey in three assembly constituencies that fall under BMC area. The pilot ran from September 3 to 11, 2026 in ward 10 of Bhubaneswar-North, ward 35 of Bhubaneswar-Central and ward 52 of Bhubaneswar-Ekamra. After that, a state-wide door-to-door survey will run from October 26 to November 7, 2026.
Booth level officers (BLOs) lead each team, and two anganwadi workers assist them. ASHA workers, Jal Sathis or Swachh Sathis join the team where needed. Supervisors and electoral registration officers at block and urban level monitor the whole exercise.
The survey will sort out the old problems in the roll:
- All members of one family will be listed at a single polling station, so nobody has to travel to another booth to vote.
- Voters wrongly listed in another ward will be shifted back to the ward where they actually live.
- Every household will get a serial house number, and names of people who died or moved away will be removed.
- Eligible voters who were left out will be added after proper checking.
- Duplicate entries will be traced with de-duplication software and removed from the roll.
How to check name in BMC voter list
Ward wise rolls are the main way to confirm a name for the municipal polls. Once BMC publishes the new list, you can search it on the official website. The steps are given below.
STEP 1 - Open the official website of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation at bmc.gov.in.
STEP 2 - Look for the 'BMC Voter List' option on the homepage. If it is not visible there, open the public disclosure section, where BMC keeps the ward wise voter list files.
STEP 3 - Enter your name along with the Part No. (booth number) or your EPIC number.
STEP 4 - Fill the captcha code and click on the Search button. Your voter details will show up if the name is in the list.
For assembly constituency rolls, the Election Commission of India voters' service portal at electoralsearch.eci.gov.in allows a name search by EPIC number. Municipal rolls are kept separate from that list, so a name may be missing in one and present in the other.
BMC ward wise voter list PDF
BMC keeps a separate PDF for each of its 67 wards. Each file holds the full voter details of that ward, and it is the easiest way to confirm a name when the online search does not return a result. Printed copies are also kept at the ward offices and the BMC headquarters for public viewing. The ward files from the last ULB election are still on the official website, and new files will replace them once the draft roll is out.
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- Ward wise BMC voter list PDFs on official website
Voters who applied for a new card or a correction can also check name in voter list and download e-EPIC voter ID card from the Election Commission of India portal. Other states follow a similar system for civic polls, like the UP Nagar Nikay Chunav voter list.