Electoral process changes Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015

nota symbol

election commission of india announced around 1,000 voter-verified paper audit trail (vvpat) machines used along evm in 36 out of 243 assembly seats in bihar elections, spread on 34 districts. ecil manufactured vvpats used in 10 assembly constituencies, while bel manufactured vvpat used in 26 assembly constituencies. election information webcast first time , voters can locate polling booth on phones via app. 1.5 crore voters informed voting dates via sms.

election commission used 3 new software products - suvidha, samadhan , sugam - facilitate campaigning, public grievance redressal , vehicle management in bihar. electoral roll management software helped in addition/deletion/upgradation of rolls. android based app matdan helped commission poll-day monitoring in bihar. election commission launched special drive, systematic voters education , electoral participation (sveep) voter awareness , higher voter turn out in bihar elections. bihar first state have photo electoral rolls, photographs of candidates on evms.

eleven nri voters registered in electoral rolls first time in bihar electoral history. contacted election officials through family members. first time nris cast votes semi-electronically foreign countries. e-postal ballot system , existing proxy-voting facility extended nri voters place of residence abroad. facility not available migrant voters within india.

a cross nota symbol used in , subsequent elections. election commission introduced specific symbol nota, ballot paper black cross across it, on 18 september. symbol designed national institute of design, ahmedabad.

on 31 july, eci published final voters list election, has overall population of 10,38,04,637, in accordance 2011 census of india.