Monday, March 17, 2014

What's New : The Initiatives Launched by the Election Commission 2014


1. Send an SMS to find your name on electoral roll . SMS based helpline 9444123456 to find 

out names and booths..

2. video campaign by actor kamal hassan emphasizing the need to vote without note.

3. Toll free helpline in each of the district headquarters, besides email accounts to facilitate the electors to lodge complaints on voilations of model code. Election commission control roll number 1950...




The Election commission launched an SMS based helpline to help voters to find out booths and their locations using their electors photo identity number ( EPIC ) printed at top of the Voter Id card. 

Type  < EPIC >  < Space >   < EPIC  No > and send it to the exclusive helpline and you will receive a reply with your name, constituency booth number and its location.

Joint chief electoral officer ( IT ) sait that ,The Election Commission's initiative is to benefit the electors of entire state. The Election commission also launched a video campaign featuring actor kamal haasan emphasissing the need to vote without note beside toll free helplines in each of the districts headquarters and email accounts to facilitate electors to lodge complaints about violations of the model code of conduct. The chife electroal officer praveen kumar said that accepting or offering money to vote was an offence punishable with imprisonment of up to one year.

The Election Commission also planned a mobile apps to allow citizens to capture bibing of voters on a real time basis. It is on a trail basis and the political leaders seen with politicla material and more than 50,000 cash would be considered as being involved in bribing voters and the material would be seized.

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