ECI Newsletter,Poll preparedness,assembly election 2016 to kerala legislative

1. WELCOME TO IDUKKI

2. KERALA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
ELECTION 2016
• Total No. of ACs 140
• Reserved for SC 14
• Reserved for ST 2

3. Electors
Date of Publication -
Total No. of Electors
in 2011 -
Total No. of Electors
in 2016 -

4. ER Purification Drive
• 15-2-2016 to 29-2-2016
• Death
• Duplication

5. PER-EPIC-PVS
• Photo Electoral Rolls 100%
• EPIC
• Photo voter slips

6. POLLING STATIONS & BMF
• PSs in 2011
• PSs in 2016
• PSs with BMF
• PSs without BMF
• Model PSs
• PS for Women
• Facility for Differently abled-
• Facility for Blind Schools -

7. E-posting and Randomization
• Ist Randomisation
• Data entry of 120% of Officials.
• Train them all.
• IInd Randomisation
• Actual number randomised in the presence of
Observer
• IIIrd Randomisation
• Polling stations will be allocated randomly just
before the polling party’s departure

8. EVMS
• FLC COMPLETED
• Ist Randomisation
• All Available EVMs ramdomised by DEO in the
presence of political party representatives for
assembly constituency wise.
• Iind Randomisation
• Ballot Units fitted with Ballot Papers ,Cu
made candidate set and randomised polling
booth wise in the presence of candidate etc

9. Mock Poll
• Ist Mock Poll
• At the time of FLC by ECIL Engineers
• IInd Mock Poll
• At the time of Commissioning by Ros
• IIIrd Mock Poll
• One hour before Actual Poll by the Presiding
officers

10. NOTA
• None Of The Above
• Cast Vote but not for Candidates
• Last in the Ballot Paper
• It get a symbol

11. Photo on Ballot Paper
• Candidates recent stamp size Photo displayed
on Ballot Paper

12. Affidavits of Candidates
• All columns must be filled by candidates,no
one is left blank .Otherwise issue notice the
candidate.
• Affidavit not complete in all respects
nomination will be rejected at the time of
scrutiny.

13. DEMP
• Consult with ERO,Sectoral Officers,DPC, for
• * Communication Plan
• *Route Plan
• *Vulnerability mappping

14. Communiction Plan
• Find out the shadow areas
• Provide suitable alternative arrangements
• (satellite phones,wireless sets,etc)
• Coordinate with mobile service providers

15. Model code of conduct
• Effective implementation of MCC guideines
• Violations of MCC shall be monitored

16. Videography
• Videography for the events
• *FLC
• *Commissioning and storage of EVM
• *Filing Nominations and Scrutiny
• *Election Campaigns
• *Process of despatching of Postal Ballot papers
• *Polling process in vulnerable PSs
• *Storage of polled EVMs
• *Counting

17. Web casting
• Web casting ,Videography and Digital cameras
will be deployed inside polling booths
wherever needed.

18. Law and Order,Security
• CAPF shall be deployed well in advance for area
domination,route marches in vulnerable
pockets,pointing and other confidence building
measures to re assure and build faith in the
minds of the voters especially to the weaker
sections,minorities etc.
• CAPF shall deployed in Critical Polling stations
• Safeguard polling stations and security electors
and polling personnels in polling day
• Security for Strong rooms of polled EVMs and
Counting centres

19. Threaten or Intimidate SC/ST
• SCST (PoA)Act,1989 section 3(1) {vii}
• Non member of sc/st threaten or intimidate
an sc/st tote or not to vote shall be
punishable with 6months-5year imprisonment
with fine or both.

20. Election Expenditure Monitoring
• Formation of FS,SST,VST
• Investigation by Income Tax depts and
Excise Depts
Appellate Authority in Dist level formed for the
appeal against seizure of cash etc by FS and
SST

21. Candidates open Bank a/c
• Donations received by the candidates more
than 20000 shall be through Cheque or Drafts

22. Accounts of candidates
• Accounting of expenditure incurred for
campaign vehicles on the basis of permissions
granted.

23. Filing of expenditure
• The Political parties will be required to file a
part expenditure statement in respect of the
lumpsum payments made to the candidate
within 30 days after the declaration of results.

24. Account of Reconciliation Meeting
• In order to reduce litigations relating to
expenditure accounts,a reconciliation meeting
will be provided before final submission of the
accounts,on the 26th day after the declaration
of the results.

25. Media coverage and Paid News
• Media certification and Monitoring
committee deal with the issues of Paid News.
• Briefing of ECI Instructions to Political parties
and Media will be done shortly.

26. SVEEP
• 10% OF LOWEST Tournout PSs have been
identified and possible reasons for the lower
turnout analysed.
• KABBP survey have been taken -
• (Knowledge-Attitude-Behaviour-Belief-
Practices)
• Wide dessimination of election related
information and facilitation measures for
higher percentage of polling

27. SVEEP
• Set up :-
• model polling stations-
• Voter help lines
• Voter Facilitation centres
• SMS-54242 and Voter Information app
• Special facilities for PWDs

28. Facilities for Observers
• General Observer ‘s phone no. Widely
published so that general public can quickly
approach their election related grievances.
• Police Observers monitor the deployment of
forces ,law and order,coordination between
civil and police administration to ensure free
and fair election

29. Expenditure Observers
• Expenditure Observers and Assitant
Expenditure Observers monitor election
expenditure of the contesting candidates.
• Control Room and Complaint Monitoring
Centre with 24 hours toll free numbers shall
be operative during entire election process.

30. Micro Observers
• General Observers will deploy Micro
Observers to observe the poll proceedings on
the poll day in critical and vulnerable booths.

31. Awareness Observers
• Awareness Observers from central
Government are also being appointed to
observe the SVEEP programme carried out
during the election period for assessing the
level of facilitation,information and
motivational programmes at the field level.

32. Conduct of Officials
• Discharge duties in an impartial manner
without any fear or favour under scrutiny of
the Commission.

33. New IT apps
• E-pariharam ,The people or political parties
can lodge their complaints through internet
• E-Anumathi,R.O Level system enables to
provide for applying,processing,granting and
monitoring permissions in a Single window
system (except Helicopter usage )
• E-Vahanam,Facility forIssuance of
vehicles,Capturing of vehice details etc

34. ITapps
• Web casting and CCTV also done at various
check posts ,sensitive and critical locations to
keep a strict vigil on any nefarious activities
designed to vitiate the electoral process.
• E-Posting ,Polling personal deployment plans
• Voter facilitation-SMS 54242,and android
apps.

35. Poll day monitoring system
• Reaching polling parties,
• PS Image,Votes Cast,Voters’Images shall be
captures and monitored using IT application.