1. P. Bala Kiran. I.A.S., District Collector & District Election Officer
Best Electoral Practices Award 2014
Nomination for
General Category Award
Use of Technology
P. Bala Kiran. I.A.S., District Collector & District Election Officer
Kannur, Kerala

2. P Bala Kiran. IAS, District Collector & DEO, Kannur
Introduction
Most volatile and trouble some district in Kerala
Politically hyper-sensitive – Clashes between the LDF and UDF
Total 1600 Polling booths
More than 1170 sensitive and critical PBs
Problematic areas
Lack of One-stop information web-portal
Complaint redressal & PB details
New polling stations & Information dissemination
Bogus voting in critical booths
To instill sense of security and ensure high voter turnout using SVEEP
Counting –
Strong room surveillance issues
Quick results dissemination
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3. Use of Technology – Various stages
Pre-election
100% Online enrolment of voters through CSCs
All in One Website
SVEEP activities
Election Day
Webcasting of 173 polling booths
Mobile based SOS alerts
Counting Arrangements
Hi-tech security arrangements
Latest software for realtime results
Information dissemination using LED Walls, LCD displays
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Online Enrolment Camp & SVEEP at Remote Tribal Colonies
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5. SVEEP at Railway Station
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6. Citizen Interaction Web portal
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7. District Election Web-portal
A Citizen interactive web-portal of District Election Officer (
GIS Google maps based locations of 1606 Polling booths (using Lat-long)
Google mapping and route details to the Polling booths
All Polling booth and officials details
Voter ID and Polling booth look up
Online Citizen complaint registration & redressal
Live Webcast of 173 polling booths on Poll day
Live election results – Web & Android mobile app
Website
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8. M-election sms based services
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9. Technology in m-Election
Three different Mobile gateways
MSDG (Mobile Service Delivery Gateway)
esms.kerala.gov.in
GSM based mobile gateway
All Official communication through SMSs
SMS Message service from DEO through above gateway to AROs, Sector officers, EROs and PROs
All messages, randomization results, pre-poll arrangements
SMS based Status reporting from Polling Stations to DEO
Arrival, mock-poll, poll start, poll interrupted, poll end, hourly poll percentage, poll close
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10. P Bala Kiran. IAS, District Collector & DEO, Kannur
SMS: Poll monitoring System
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11. P Bala Kiran. IAS, District Collector & DEO, Kannur
SOS message on Poll Day
SMS based SOS service for all Presiding Officers
in case of emergency, poll related violence, booth capturing and other law and order incidents.
Send “999” as SOS message
For Emergency situations alerts can be send by PRO
SOS SMS for PRO
Note: Immediate alerts will be send to Sector Officer, Police patrol, DySP, Police Chief, ARO and RO
Format:
Send to
From the PRO’s Registered Mobile Number
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12. Security deployment plan – use of live webcasting
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13. Live Webcasting of Polling booths
Security Scenario of sensitive Kannur district
Highest number of Critical booths – 1170 critical and sensitive booths
5 Modes of Security deployment
CAPF
Manual Videography (501 PBs)
Micro Observers
Local police
Live Webcasting (173 PBs)
Identified 173 locations, the highest number in the state for the web casting purpose.
Live Webcasting through a Novel method – Use of Common Service Centres
173 operators were thus mobilised from the district Akshaya Entrepreneurs.
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Live Webcasting
Control Room Setup: with participation of all stakeholders; Akshaya, BSNL, KSEB, Revenue, NIC, etc.
11 Watch-Terminals:
On the pre-poll and poll days a Webcasting Control Room was set up with remote assistance to the polling station and continuous monitoring of the web casting.
The control room had as many as one laptop for each technical expert with internet facility to represent 11 assembly constituencies in the district.
Training: A 2 Phase training session
Mobile Rapid action teams: were in place at Four Taluks consisting of Police and Sector officer teams
Core Team: The DEO, DIO National Informatics Centre, District IT cell, Akshaya, BSNL, KSEB acted as administrative action team and monitored the proceedings .
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Polling Booths
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Webcasting Control Collectorate
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View of Watch Terminal
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18. Strong room security & Counting
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Strong room Security
Strong Room security
Surveillance with Remote Management at 7 Strong Rooms
16 CCTV cameras
2 LED TVs with 9 camera display each
360o Rotating camera covering entire Strong rooms
Live webcasting
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Strong Room Surveillance System
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21. Counting Day – Use of Technology
Counting Centre Tabulation Sheet – 3 way tabulation
Genesys entry
TREND software entry
Excel sheet entry
Live Results dissemination
State of the Art Media Centres at Counting Centres
3 LED TV displays
Video LED Wall at Collectorate for Results Display for common public
Live feed into the District website
Live feed into the mobile Android app – “Kerala election Trend”
Counting Centre Control Rooms
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Counting Halls with ICT infrastructure
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The techno savvy Media Centre
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LED Video Wall for Results Display to Collectorate premises
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25. Achievements & Conclusion
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Achievements
No Security/ Law and Order problems due to the systematic implementation of the Hi-tech security deployment plan.
Smooth, fast and effective communication plan which made the entire election process a grand success
The Political parties, General Public and the officials connected with General Election could easily access the Training materials, the details of Electoral roll and the Polling Stations.
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Achievements
The strong rooms security system was highly secured and trouble free
Fast and efficient Counting Process, Result Declaration and Publicizing
Kannur District webcasted poll day events from maximum number of Polling Stations(173) in Kerala State.
At Least Cost of Operation
100% Reliable and break free operation
People’s participation
The state of the art ICT service were utilized for the successful execution of the entire election process
140 Model Polling Stations (One each per sector)
– Re-inventing the poll experience at Kannur
No Court Cases – No report of Bogus voting – Complete Transparency
Highest Voter turn-out – 81.32%
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Conclusion
The effective use of Technology could ensure
Transparency in the Election Process
Smooth and Trouble Free Conduct of Election
Fast and Efficient information & Data Transfer
Prompt actions at the right time
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29. P Bala Kiran. IAS, District Collector & DEO, Kannur
Thank You
P Bala Kiran. I.A.S.,
District Collector &
District Election Officer,
Kannur,
Kerala.
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Annexures
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31. P Bala Kiran. IAS, District Collector & DEO, Kannur
The website: Locate your Polling Station
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The website: Complaint Registration and Status
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The website: Voter Status Query & Statistics
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The website: Video clips in Malayalam
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The website: Training, Schedules & Downloads
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The website: Contacts
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