POLITICAL SCIENCE

PROJECT
Election process and Journey from Ballot
box to EVM machines

ELECTORAL PROCESS

•Functioning Of Indian Elections

:Candidates are
Required to file their nomination papers With the
Electoral Commission. Then, a List of candidates
is published. No party Is allowed to use
government resources For campaigning. No party
is allowed to
Bribe the candidates before elections. The
government cannot start a project During the
election period. Campaigning Ends by 6:00 pm
two days before the Polling day. The polling is
held between 7:00 am and 6:00 pm. The Collector
of Each district is in charge of polling.
Government employees are employed As poll
officers at the polling stations.Electronic Voting
Machines (EVM) are being used instead of ballot
boxes to prevent election fraud. After the citizen
votes his or her left index finger is marked with
indelible ink. This practice was instituted in 1962.
Journey From Ballot Box To EVM
Machines:

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1)From the first election in 1951-52 till 1999,
elections were held using ballot Box. Twenty lakh
ballot boxes were Used in the first election. Voters
used to Cast his or her vote by stamping in front
Of the candidate’s name and put them
In the metal boxes.
2) Electronic voting machines (EVMs) Were first
used for 5 seats in Rajasthan,5 seats in Madhya
Pradesh And 6 seats in New Delhi 1998 in
Legislative assembly.
3) EVM machines were used at all Polling booths
in the general electionheld in 2004. It proved to be
a very useful device.
4)It has been improvised since its first use. Due to
the use of EVMs the results are declared early
and at a very first rate.