The Election Commission has named 39 IAS officers as general observers and 20 IPS officers as police observers in 39 Lok Sabha constituencies where elections will be held on April 19.
The IAS officers, who are general observers are: Abu Imran (Tiruvallur), Kartikey Dhanji Budhdhabhatti (Chennai North), Muddada Ravichandra (Chennai South), D. Suresh (Chennai Central), Abhishek Chandra (Sriperumbudur), Bhupendra S. Chaudhary (Kancheepuram), Sunil Kumar (Arakkonam), Rupesh Kumar (Vellore), Kiran Kumari Pasi (Krishnagiri), and Aruna Rajoria (Dharmapuri), Mahaveer Prasad Meena (Tiruvannamalai), Sushant Gaurav (Arani), Akhilesh Kumar Mishra (Villupuram), Ashok Kumar Garg (Kallakurichi), G.B. Patil (Salem), Hargunjit Kaur (Namakkal), Rajeev Ranjan Meena (Erode), Himanshu Gupta (Tiruppur), Manjit Singh Brar (The Nilgiris), Vinod R. Rao (Coimbatore), Anurag Chaudhary (Pollachi), Prabhuling Kavalikatti (Dindigul), Rahul Ashok Rekhawar (Karur), Dinesh Kumar (Tiruchi), Rajendra Kumar Verma (Perambalur), Tarep Imchen (Cuddalore), Bhor Singh Yadav (Chidambaram), Sandeep Kaur (Mayiladuthurai), B. Bharathi Lakpathi Naik (Nagapattinam), Y. Kikhet Sema (Thanjavur), S. Harish (Sivaganga), Rajesh Kumar Yadav (Madurai), Gaurangbhai H. Makwana (Theni), N.N. Ekka (Virudhunagar), Pandhari Yadav (Ramanathapuram), Divesh Sehara (Thoothukudi), Topeshwar Verma (Tenkasi), Sonali Ponkshe Vayangankar (Tirunelveli), and M.V. Seshagiri Babu (Kanniyakumari).