Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-Poly (butyl methacrylate) (PBMA) composite polymer electrolytes with incorporation of different ratio of ZrO2 doped was prepared by solution casting technique. The ionic conductivity, dielectric behavior, ionic transference number and surface morphology of the composite polymer electrolytes were characterized by using ac impedance, dielectric, DC polarization method and SEM studies respectively. The best room temperature ionic conductivity (0.520mScm-1 at 303 K), high dielectric constant (27340 ± 10 at 50 Hz) and high pore size obtained for 10 wt% of ZrO2 doped composite polymer electrolytes. DC polarization method confirms the occurrences of conduction in composite PVC-PBMA blend polymer electrolytes predominantly due to ions. © 2017 Author(s).