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The Election Commission of India (ECI) connected Saturday (October 18, 2025) said voters successful Bihar, wherever polls volition beryllium held successful 2 phases adjacent month, are entitled to paid holidays connected polling days, and employers who contravene this ineligible proviso tin beryllium fined.
It added that voters successful 8 Assembly constituencies crossed assorted States, wherever bypolls are being held connected November 11, 2025 are besides entitled to a paid holiday.
"As per Section 135B of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, each idiosyncratic employed successful immoderate business, trade, concern undertaking, oregon immoderate different establishment, and entitled to ballot astatine an predetermination to the House of the People oregon to the Legislative Assembly of a State/Union Territory, shall beryllium granted a paid vacation connected the time of poll," the ECI said citing ineligible provisions It underlined that determination volition beryllium nary deduction of wages connected relationship of specified a paid holiday.
"Any leader who contravenes these provisions shall beryllium liable to a fine," the ECI cautioned. All regular wage and casual workers are besides entitled to a paid vacation connected predetermination day, the ECI said.
The Commission noted that electors, including casual and regular wage workers, who are moving oregon employed successful concern oregon commercialized establishments located extracurricular their constituency but are registered arsenic voters successful a constituency going to polls, volition besides beryllium entitled to the payment of a paid vacation connected the time of the predetermination to alteration them to formed their vote.
The ECI has asked acrophobic States to contented indispensable instructions for strict compliance with the provision.
