The Election Commission has appointed the Chief Electoral Officer and the Electoral Officer for the upcoming elections.

Today, issuing a press release, the commission has appointed the judges of 77 districts as the chief election officers of the same districts, while the gazetted officers of the second class of the judicial service have been appointed as election officers.

Earlier, the Judicial Council and the Judicial Service Commission had recommended the names of the Chief Electoral Officer and the Electoral Officer to the government, and on the same basis, the Election Commission has appointed them today.