A dual electric puncher punches two or three holes without readjustment. The dual purpose electric puncher includes a housing, an activation button, a motor, a group of three punch assemblies, and a group of two punch assemblies. Three punches are aligned along one side of the platform, and two punches are aligned along the opposite side of the platform. A gap allowing paper access to three punches is from one side of the dual purpose electric puncher, and another gap allowing access to two other punches is from the other, opposing side of the puncher. All five punches are activated simultaneously by the activation button.