Abstract: Herein disclosed is an electric locking device for locking a lid to a receptacle member, which comprises a lock proper which is mounted to the receptacle member in a manner to be movable in a given way on the receptacle member and capable of locking the striker when the latter is brought into full engagement therewith, a locked condition sensing switch mounted to the receptacle member for sensing whether the striker is locked by the lock proper or not, an electric mover mounted to the receptacle member for moving, upon energization, the lock proper in the given way, and a control circuit for controlling operation of the electric mover in accordance with operation of the locked condition sensing switch.