Mobile technology is playing a small but important role in the Indian Lok Sabha elections. Even as the media focus is on the web 2.0 elements in the digital election-related initiatives, it’s the lowly SMS that is likely to make the most difference.
Nice article here on role of mobile technology in 15th Loksabha Elections.

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Map of India…. showing results of Lok Sabha Elections 2004, comparing BJP vs INC.

Source : Election Commision India.

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Recently read an article by Times of India, which says that election’s code of conduct will also apply to internet.
This time we see almost every political party trying to get presence in e-space. Its good to see them using open source applications, creating websites and registering on various social networks.
The BJP’s prime ministerial candidate LK [...]

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What is the process of voting? How do you go about it?

The poll date and hours are fixed by the Election Commission India and they are well publicized before all elections.
When you reach the polling station, entry will be regulated by queues. There will be separate queues for men and women voters and the physically [...]

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What is the Disclosure by Candidates?
Recently the Election Commission of India has made it mandatory consequent upon a Judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court that all candidates must file an affidavit along with their nomination form with details such as:-
i. his/her criminal antecedents,
ii. his/her assets and liabilities and those of his/her spouse and dependents, and
iii. [...]

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How to register?

The Election Commission prepares the electoral rolls through a process of intensive revision where house-to-house enumeration is done and electors residing in each house are registered by official enumerators who go physically from door-to-door to collect the information about electors. This process is done normally once in five years. Between two Intensive [...]

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1. Why should you vote?
India is the largest democracy in the world. The right to vote and more importantly the exercise of franchise by the eligible citizens is at the heart of every democracy. We, the people, through this exercise of our right to vote
have the ultimate power to shape the destiny of country by [...]

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Election commission website, has quite a lot of information about upcoming elections. Please check these docs
(note : all of them in pdf format, try to save them before viewing as most of them are quite big)
GE-2009 schedule Map
Handbook-Returning Officers
Handbook – Candidates
Handbook-Presiding Officers
Handbook – Polling Agents
Handbook – Counting Agent
Model Check List
FAQs on MCC
Compendium of Instructions of [...]

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