2. Sr.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 2

3. Surat District In Gujarat State Map 3

4. Sr.N o. DetailInformation 1. Area4326 sq km 2. Number of Talukas14 3. Number of Villages735 4. Name of Municipal CorporationSurat Municipal Corporation 5. Number of Municipalities6 6. Largest Taluka (Size)Mandvi 7. Largest Taluka (Population)Choryasi 8. Smallest Taluka (Size)Palsana 9. Smallest Taluka (Population)Palsana 10. Number of Assembly Constituency16 11. Total Population (Census 2011)60,43,976 4

5.  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. 5

6. Sr.N o. DetailInformation 1. Total Electors : Male2036103 2. Total Electors : Female1698244 3. Total Electors : Third Gender62 4. Total Electors :3734409 5. EP Ratio :61.79 6. Gender Ration :834 7. PER Coverage100% 8. EPIC Coverage100% 9. Black and White Photos :718278 10. Errors marked in Roll77371 6

7.  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. 7

8.  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. 8

9.  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 9

10.  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. 10

11. Facebook Page Collectorate Website WhatsApp Group 11

12.  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. 12

13.  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. 13

14.  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. Camp at Industrial Hub 14

15.  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. 15

16. 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.Posters PS level and AC level and District Level 14000 3.BannerAC level1700 4. Stickers /Pasted /distributed PS level and AC level and District Level 10000 16

17.  Electronic & Print Media.  Educational Institutions.  Different Associations.  Industries.  Political Parties.  NGOs.  Government and Semi Govt. Department. 17

18.  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. 18

19. 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. 19

20.  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. 20

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23.  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. 23

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