Election Commissioner of India HS Brahma on Friday inaugurated a zonal symposium on “Best Electoral Practices” in which about 30 election officers with outstanding achievements during the last general elections belonging to 12 Eastern and North Eastern States participated. Election officers narrated their experience and techniques they adopted to tackle the situations in a novel way to win the confidence of the electorate and to minimise violence.
The symposium deliberated on management of electoral rolls, voters’ education and electoral participation, use of innovative technologies, security management and innovations in infrastructure management. District Magistrate of North Sikkim Rajkumar Yadav and, Odisha Excise Commissioner Ashok Kumar Tarenia were among those listed under the special award category election officers of the East Zone.
The Election Commission of India’s Director General of Media Akshay Rout said these innovative works would be transformed into universal practices and showcased in the commission’s archives. “Our relentless efforts evoked response of 65 per cent of female voters in the last elections,” he said.
The best elections officers for their outstanding performances would be chosen from the four zones and felicitated on in New Delhi on January 25 next, Rout added. Deputy Election Commissioners R Balakrishna and Binod Joshi, Director General of Election Management PK Das and Odisha Chief Electoral Officer Mona Sharma were present.