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Discover the best electoral practices implemented by Dr. Rajender Kumar, District Election Officer, Surat, Gujarat. Learn about efforts to increase registration of eligible voters, especially young females and migrant workers in industrial areas. Find out about innovative methods and partnerships that have contributed to improving the Electoral Participation (EP) ratio and gender ratio.
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BEST ELECTORAL PRACTICES Dr. Rajender Kumar (I.A.S.) District Election Officer, Surat
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.
2. ELECTORAL ROLL ANALYSIS As per (1.1.2014 Qualifying Date Draft Roll
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. 3. PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
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. 4. Identification of target groups/areas
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). 5. Effort made for enrollment of each groups (1) BLO Training at Mandvi Taluka Seminar at Shardayatan School
5. Effort made for enrollment of each groups (2) • 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.
5. Effort made for enrollment of each groups (3) Facebook Page Collectorate Website WhatsApp Group
5. Effort made for enrollment of each groups (4) • Motivate and educate women electors. • Through NGOs. • Seminars. • Through Anganwadi workers. • Through SakhiMandals. • Through Mahila co- Operative Societies. • Through Women Social groups. • Through Resident women.
5. Effort made for enrollment of each groups (5) • 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.
5. Effort made for enrollment of each groups (6) • 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
5. Effort made for enrollment of each groups (7) • 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.
Electronic & Print Media. • Educational Institutions. • Different Associations. • Industries. • Political Parties. • NGOs. • Government and Semi Govt. Department. 6. Partnering in sveep & nerpap campaign
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. 7. Innovative methods to reach out to people
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%. 8. results • 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.
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 0.62to 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.
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. 9. ELECTION WORK / achievements
