sr.no.content 1.district profile 2.electoral roll analysis 3.problem identification 4.identification...
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BEST ELECTORAL PRACTICES
Dr. Rajender Kumar (I.A.S.)District Election Officer, Surat
INDEXSr.No. Content
1. District Profile
2. Electoral Roll Analysis
3. Problem Identification
4. Identification of target Groups/Areas
5. Efforts Made for Enrollment of each Group
6. Partnering In SVEEP and NERPAP Campaign
7. Innovative methods to reach out to people
8. Results
9. Achievements
Surat District In Gujarat State Map3
DISTRICT PROFILESr.No.
Detail Information
1. Area 4326 sq km
2. Number of Talukas 14
3. Number of Villages 735
4. Name of Municipal Corporation
Surat Municipal Corporation
5. Number of Municipalities 6
6. Largest Taluka (Size) Mandvi
7. Largest Taluka (Population)
Choryasi
8. Smallest Taluka (Size) Palsana
9. Smallest Taluka (Population)
Palsana
10. Number of Assembly Constituency
16
11. Total Population (Census 2011)
60,43,976
Historically Surat city has distinction of being the capital city of erstwhile South Gujarat State.
The city is also called a diamond nagari. Surat city is the 2nd biggest city in Gujarat,
after Ahmedabad. Industrial Hub for :-
Diamond Industries, Textile Industries, Petroleum industries, Chemical Industries, Constructions, Embroidery Works.
Educational Hub :- One University One medical college, SVNIT Fifty self finance higher education
institutions. 325 self finance schools.
Sr.No.
Detail Information
1. Total Electors : Male 2036103
2. Total Electors : Female 1698244
3. Total Electors : Third Gender
62
4. Total Electors : 3734409
5. EP Ratio : 61.79
6. Gender Ration : 834
7. PER Coverage 100%
8. EPIC Coverage 100%
9. Black and White Photos :
718278
10. Errors marked in Roll 77371
2. ELECTORAL ROLL ANALYSIS AS PER (1.1.2014 QUALIFYING DATE DRAFT ROLL
3. PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION Increasing urbanization. e.g. periphery of Surat
city.
Increasing industrialization. e.g. Pandesara,
Sachin, Kadodara, Hazira.
Major Migration : Due to industrialization and for
diamond – textile industries from out State area
and Saurashtra area respectively.
Remote area : Eastern belt (Mainly scheduled
tribes area).
Lack of awareness among potential electors.
Low registration of eligible female electors.
Low registration of newly eligible electors of age
group 18 – 19 years.
4. IDENTIFICATION OF TARGET GROUPS/AREAS
Registration of newly eligible electors of 18-19
Yrs. Age group.
Registration of young females especially newly
married females.
Registration of new electors coming through
migration in industrial area.
Registration of unaware, low literate potential
electors staying in remote area.
Registration of electors in newly developing
area particularly in out skirt area of surat city.
Registration of electors in slum area and
unauthorized colonies.
5. EFFORT MADE FOR ENROLLMENT OF EACH GROUPS (1)
Training and mobilization of Electoral roll machinery to achieve the targets.BLO and SO Training.Equip them with
material.Mobilization in field.
Young Electors awareness : Student seminar in
higher educational institutes.
Publicity at places where youth assembles (libraries, multiplexes).
BLO Training at Mandvi Taluka
Seminar at Shardayatan School
Multi media campaign through electronic, social and print media.News paper press
notes.Hoarding, Banners,
Posters.Cable scrolling.Cinema slides.FM Radio.Facebook page.Twitter page.WhatsApp group.Website of
Collectorate, Surat.
5. EFFORT MADE FOR ENROLLMENT OF EACH GROUPS (2)
Facebook Page Collectorate Website WhatsApp Group
5. EFFORT MADE FOR ENROLLMENT OF EACH GROUPS (3)
Motivate and educate women electors.Through NGOs.Seminars.Through Anganwadi
workers.Through Sakhi
Mandals.Through Mahila co-
Operative Societies.Through Women
Social groups.Through Resident
women.
5. EFFORT MADE FOR ENROLLMENT OF EACH GROUPS (4)
Motivate and educate Newly eligible electors.Young Voter Festival.Appointed designated
officers at higher educational institutes.
Special awareness programs like rallies, seminar, Slogan and Quiz competitions.
Slogan on Student Exam Hall Ticket
Rallies at Higher Edu. School.
5. EFFORT MADE FOR ENROLLMENT OF EACH GROUPS (5)
The Slogan was printed on the retail invoice of Gas by Gujarat Gas Company.
To facilitate and motivate migrated electors :Special team of labor
officer and BLO to camp in industrial area.
Provide facility to register in camps.
Industrialist asked to give leave to laborers for registration.
5. EFFORT MADE FOR ENROLLMENT OF EACH GROUPS (6)
Camp at Industrial Hub
Special effort to register electors in tribal and remote area.Special team to visit
such pockets to educate, facilitate such electors.
Involvement of local tribal leaders in this campaign.
5. EFFORT MADE FOR ENROLLMENT OF EACH GROUPS (7)
Sr. No.Publicity
ITEM
Activity Done at PS level or AC
level or District Level
Total Numbers
1.Hoardings
AC level and District Level
95
2. PostersPS level and AC
level and District Level
14000
3. Banner AC level 1700
4.
Stickers /Pasted
/distributed
PS level and AC level and District Level
10000
5. EFFORT MADE FOR ENROLLMENT OF EACH GROUPS (8)
6. PARTNERING IN SVEEP & NERPAP CAMPAIGN
Electronic & Print Media.
Educational Institutions.
Different Associations.
Industries.
Political Parties.
NGOs.
Government and Semi Govt. Department.
7. INNOVATIVE METHODS TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE
FM Radio.
WhatsApp Group.
Facebook Page.
Twitter Page.
Collector Surat Website.
Slogan printed on Retail Invoice of Gas Bill.
Slogan printed on Exam Hall tickets of
students.
EP Ratio: By Tremendous efforts of SVEEP and NERPAP team, there is improvement in the EP ratio from 61.79% in 2014 to 63.41% in 2015, an increase of 1.62%.
Gender Ratio: The gender ratio as per 2011 census is 788 and the gender ratio as per 2014 electoral roll was 834. By making all efforts to register left out eligible female electors, the gender ratio as per 2015 electoral roll is 835, an increase of 1.
8. RESULTS
PER:
The PER was 100% as per 2014 electoral roll.
EPIC:
The EPIC coverage is 100% as per 2014 electoral
roll .
Age Cohort of 18-19 group :
The age cohort of age group of 18 - 19 years is
increased from 0.62 to 0.64 against the state
average of 0.67.
Total 59890 such electors were registered out of
215808 total registered i.e. 27.75% of the newly
registered electors.
B/W Images0
200000
400000
600000
800000 718278
315930
43.98
B/W Images Errors
Errors Corrected Percentage
Wrong House No.0
10000
20000
30000
40000
5000040032 37758
94.32
Wrong house no.
Errors Corrected Percentage
Wrong Names0
5000
10000
15000
20000
12732 12732
100.00
Wrong names
Errors Corrected Percentage
Wrong Gender0
3000 23461805
76.94
Wrong Gender
Errors Corrected Percentage
Wrong gender in Relation0
40
80
120
3 3
100.00
Wrong gender in re-lation
Errors Corrected Percentage
Age0
200
400
600
800
1000 886
709
80.02
age
Errors Corrected Percentage
EPIC0
5000
10000
15000
20000
7826
249031.82
epic
Errors Corrected Percentage
ESR0
10000200003000040000500006000070000
68263
15676
22.96
esr
Errors Corrected Percentage
9. ELECTION WORK / ACHIEVEMENTS Awarded ‘Best District Election Officer’ by Governor of
Gujarat for 2012 State Assembly Elections.
Awarded ‘Best District Election Officer’ by Governor of
Gujarat for 2014 Parliament Election.
Selected as a nominee for special category award for
Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation in Best
Electoral Practices Awards, 2014 West Zone
Symposium by ECI for 2014 Election.
Received International Election Award from
International Centre for Parliamentary Studies in UK
for Transparency in Election Management in
November 2015.
THANKS…