Election Management Election Management Plan for Vidhan Plan for Vidhan Sabha Elections Sabha Elections 2009 2009 Presented by Presented by Atul Patne Atul Patne Collector, Gadchiroli Collector, Gadchiroli
Dec 29, 2015
Election Election Management Plan Management Plan for Vidhan Sabha for Vidhan Sabha
Elections 2009Elections 2009
Presented byPresented byAtul PatneAtul Patne
Collector, GadchiroliCollector, Gadchiroli
District ProfileDistrict Profile
District came into existence- 26/8/82 after bifurcation of erstwhile Chandrapur district.
Situated at the East & extreme end of Maharashtra State.
Bhandara district is situated towards north side,
East shares border of Rajnandagaon and Baster naxal affected district of Chhattisgarh State.
Towards south, shares border of Karimnagar, Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh, these neighbouring districts are naxal affected.
Gadchiroli District at a glanceGadchiroli District at a glance
Sr. No.
Item Nos.
1 Total Taluka 12
2 Total Villages 1679
3 Inhabited Villages 1513
4 Population 9.70 (lakh) (2001)
5 Geographical Area 14,92,000 ha.
6 Forest Area 11,59,400 ha.
7 Average Rainfall 1574 mm.
8 Literacy 60%
9 Total Voters 6.19 Lakh
10 Epic Coverage 87%
Dense forest – 78% Tribal district- mainly includes Gond,
Pardhan, Madia, Rajgond tribes.
Naxal Violence during General Loksabha Naxal Violence during General Loksabha Election 2009Election 2009
• During implementation of ASTHA OPERATION naxalites attacked on the police party named as C-60 at Mungner forest in Dhanora Tahsil, 3 brave policemen lost their lives.
• Bombs were placed on the road.
On the poll day 4 attacks on polling parties
before going to the polling booths.
2 attacks on polling parties after poll .
Naxal Violence during Election 2009Naxal Violence during Election 2009
Threatened people to cutting the finger and slitting the throat.
Killed 16 policemen in Hattigota incidence.
During Vidhansabha election killed 17 policemen in Laheri incidence.
Naxal Violence during ElectionNaxal Violence during Election
Election Attacks made on
police
Arson Murder Other violent
activities
Total
Lok Sabha-04 12 7 1 3 23
Vidhan Sabha Election-04
13 1 2 3 19
Z.P. Election -07 9 2 6 1 18
Lok Sabha - 09 13( 3 policemen lost their lives)
23 9 10 55
Total 47 33 18 17 115
Election Management Plan for Vidhan Sabha Election 2009
Major ConcernsMajor Concerns
• Fear of the voters due to naxal threat
• Demoralization in Security Forces due to the
Laheri incident
• Lack of moralization and widespread fear in
the poll officials in the backdrop of violent
incident of past polls.
• Possibility of any untoward incident anytime.
Major ConcernsMajor Concerns
Lack of communication facilities in 144
polling booths located in the interiors.
No established logistics plan for LWE
affected areas
Age of the staff
Most of the staff is more than 50 years old.
Inadequate staff from central government.
Election Management Plan
Security MeasuresVoters Awareness and youth Involvement
Election employees welfare
Use of IT
Security MeasuresSecurity Measures
Reduction in poll time
from 7 O’ clock to 3 O’
clock.
• Polling parties reached back
to the base camp during the
day light. No loss of life
Installation of 100 sets of VHF-GPS on
– 53 zonal officers vehicles– 16 on district
administrations vehicles– 17 on Ambulances– 13 with the polling parties– anti landmine vehicles– Chopper.
Route reorganisation
core - outer core and inner
core.
Core & outer core booths are
within & above 30 km radius
respectively
• 480 polling parties were dispatched on base camp.
• Dispatch of outer core booths
first.
Dispatch Management Plan for SecurityDispatch Management Plan for Security
Dispatch Management Plan for Dispatch Management Plan for SecuritySecurity
• Last Party- First Drop Plan - To increase
security 2 – 3 times.• Time slot and date of distribution of material was
communicated to the concern parties well in advance.
• Tables were arranged for distribution of material according to route wise.
• Parties reached in time and got time to settle down on the booth.
• Sorties by chopper.
• Micro observers with polling parties.
Diagram of distribution of materialDiagram of distribution of material
EVM OtherVoter Material list
Route 1 Route 2 Route 3 Route 4 Route 6
8.00 to
9.30
9.45 to
11.00
11.00 to
01.00
Route 7 Route 8 Route 9 Route 10 Route 12
Route 13 Route 14 Route 15 Route 16 Route 18
EVM OtherVoter Material list
EVM OtherVoter Material list
EVM OtherVoter Material list
EVM OtherVoter Material list
EVM OtherVoter Material list
Route 5
Route 11
Route 17
Deployment of Security Force Deployment of Security Force • 38 companies of security
forces– 12 companies of CRPF – 21 companies of SRP – 5 companies of Indian Reserve
Battalion
• Inspired confidence among voters and the poll officials
Use of helicopters to lift the Use of helicopters to lift the vulnerable polling partiesvulnerable polling parties
Total three helicopters were deployed in Gadchiroli
district-1) Chetak 2) MI-17 3) Pawan Hans
96 polling stations were situated in inaccessible area
in deep forest.
136 presiding officers with the
EVM were brought back by the
helicopters
Security MeasuresSecurity Measures
Availability of blood donors list. Team of 45 specialist doctors.
Ambulances with paramedical staff at all PHC’s
To meet any eventuality, the administration made necessary arrangements, kept ready blood of all groups, oxygen cylinders, life saving drugs.
Security MeasuresSecurity Measures Booth shifting – to conduct the peaceful
election, location of 52 polling booth shifted.
Supply of additional EVMs
On 167 Polling stations additional EVMs were supplied. It helps to tackle the cases of any failure in operation of EVMs.
CC TV on counting room
Voters Awareness and youth InvolvementVoters Awareness and youth Involvement• Astha operation
– The officials from Police department visited village and read the names of the voter list and name of polling station.
– Explained about various welfare schemes.
Lokshahi Saksharta (literacy) programmeLokshahi Saksharta (literacy) programmeTo create awareness &
confidence building among the voters
Participation of Nehru Yuva Kendra, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, and other NGO’s.
Explained about various welfare schemes introduced by the Govt., the values of democracy.
EVMs were kept in the weekly Bazar days and demonstration were shown to voters about voting through EVM
Voters Awareness and youth InvolvementVoters Awareness and youth Involvement
• Call Center Facility on phone no. 105
Information was given in local language that i.e. Madia, Gondi and Telugu.
Officials knowing above languages were given job to provide information to the voters.
• Literature in dialect.
Pamphlets in Madia, Gondi and Telugu languages were distributed.
Voters Awareness and youth Voters Awareness and youth InvolvementInvolvement
• Booth Information through Mobile SMS
• For ex : Type : Epic<space>Gad<space>Epic No or Voter Name
Voters Awareness and youth Voters Awareness and youth InvolvementInvolvement
IVRS facility with multi language support1.Information about Sr. No., part No. of electoral
roll and name of polling station in local languages.
2.Alternate document required for voting when epic is not available.
3.Lodging complaints for violation of model code of conduct.
IVRS Facility IVRS Facility Worked as follows :• After connecting, for select
language please dial • 1 for Marathi• 2 for Hindi• 3 for English• 4 for Gondi• 5 for Madia
• Please dial constituency number• 1 for Aheri• 2 for Wadsa• 3 for Gadchiroli
IVRS FacilityIVRS Facility
• After dialing constituency number
• 1 for booth information• 2 for information of epic card• 3 for election related complaints• 4 for operator
System replied the complete address of polling booth to the voter by Telephonic system.
Voters Awareness and youth Voters Awareness and youth InvolvementInvolvement
• Use of Gotuls (youth dormitories) to encourage the voters to participate in election process– District administration
arranged the awareness programme in the Gotuls with the help of tribal youths.
• It gave good results. – e.g. youths from Marda,
Rajoli, Savela came forward to escort polling parties during elections.
Voters Awareness and youth Voters Awareness and youth InvolvementInvolvement
• District administration developed web portal www.rozgar-
kundali.org to give the information about the schemes of
employment with search engine. • During the training of EVM, the demonstration of this
website was also given to the students in the colleges, ITI. • On this website the facility for live counting updates was
provided.
Election Employees WelfareElection Employees WelfareFormation of Committees Following committees were formed at district/sub/ taluka
places for conduct of smooth & peaceful election.
Sr.No. Name of Committee Members of the Committee
1 Health Committee 1) Civil Surgeon , 2) District Health Officer, ZP, 3) RMO, Gadchiroli , 4) Medical Officer, PHC,
2 Food Committee 1) Edu. Officer,ZP 2) Dy. CEO,(Women & Child Welfare) ZP 3) DSO 4) BDO.
3 Niwas Committee 1) Ex. Engg. B&C 2) ARO 3) Civil Surgeon 4) RDC 5) Asstt. Engg., 6) Edu. Officer, 7) C.O.(Nagarpalika)
4 Transport Committee 1) ARTO, 2) Dept. Manager MSRTC, 3) Tahsildar
5 Committee for providing information in district level
1) DIO, 2) RDC , 3) N.T. Election,
6 District level disaster Management committee
1) RDC ,2) Ex. Engg. B&C, 3) Civil Surgeon, 4) ARO
Election Employees WelfareElection Employees Welfare
Exemption in randomization from inter
assembly.
Partial randomization as per dispatch plan.
Randomization on basis of age.
Staff below 45 years age was deployed on the
highly sensitive, remote polling stations. It helps
the polling parties and the protection parties to
travel though deep forest to the polling booths
safely.
Views of polling staff
Election Employees WelfareElection Employees Welfare
• Effective training of EVM through mock polling booth.
• Help line for staff on telephone no. 106
• Supply of medical kits to 925 polling parties. It
contains quick blood clot powder and 20
medicines.
• Supply of packets of dry food. e.g. tea bags,
snacks.
• Supply of food through Anganwadi
sevikas/women of self help group.
Election Employees WelfareElection Employees Welfare
• Facility of entertainment was provided on the
base camp for the stress management. e.g.
TV, carom board, playing cards.
Facility of locker system at dispatch center
was provided.
Drinking water, Mattresses, coolers ,
generators these facilities was provided.
Election Employees WelfareElection Employees WelfareA team of doctors were also kept ready on
these places.
A fire brigade and sufficient security force
was also kept ready on these places.
Facility of food, health check up was kept
ready at receiving center
Insurance cover of Rs. 10 lakh was provided
to each employee.
Use of IT
• Call center• Website • IVRS• SMS• Live counting updates on LCD projector • GPS• GIS
Use of IT
• Satellite phone • Live training • Use of mobile and DTH TV
Blood Donor Information System For various blood groups
Gad Apositive for A+ve Blood
Gad Anegative for A-ve Blood
Gad ABpositive for AB+ Blood
Gad ABnegative for AB- Blood
Gad Bpositive for B+ve Blood
Gad Bnegative for B-ve Blood
Gad Opositive for O+ve Blood
Gad Onegative for O-ve Blood
Relay of Figures of Counting of votesRelay of Figures of Counting of votes Voter is center in democratic system.
Arrangement for live election counting updates shown on LCD projector screen at Tahasil level.
Use of ITUse of IT
Counting Updates through Mobile SMS
After One hour, the result of 1st three candidates was made available on SMS.
Expression of Public ConfidenceExpression of Public Confidence
Overcoming all the obstacles, large no. of voters exercised their
franchise without fear.
The percentage of the voting gone up to 67%, it shows beyond doubt that the public had full confidence in the democracy.