How is the national electoral register created?

Representation of the People Act, 1978 (last amended in 2000 and still in force)

 “Chief Elections Officer” means the person responsible for the registration of electors and the conduct of elections in accordance with the provisions of this Act, appointed under section 10;

28.-(1) Every registering officer shall within seven days after he has signed and certified a register of electors of his electoral division transmit it to the Chief Elections Officer who shall upon the receipt of the several registers of electors of the several divisions countersign and date them and shall cause a copy of the same to be published.

(2) The registers so dated, signed and published shall, subject to the determination of any pending appeal, form the divisional registers and shall remain in force until new divisional registers are published as herein provided and they shall remain in the custody of the Chief Elections Officer.

30. Commencing from the 1st day of the month immediately following the publication pursuant to rule 28 of the divisional register, there shall be continuous registration of electors in the manner set out in this Part of these rules.

31.-(1) Any person who becomes qualified to be registered as an elector may apply in Form 6A of the Fifth Schedule to the registering officer of the division in which he resides to be registered as an elector. The provisions of rule 9 shall mutatis mutandis apply to such applications.

81. Commencing from the day of the publication of the proper divisional register there shall be continuous registration of electors in the manner set out in rules 31 to 45 mutatis mutandis.