Chief Election Commissioner of India Dr Nasim Zaidi awarded Surguja District Collector and District Electoral Officer Ritu Sen on the first day of the two-day seminar held in New Delhi for her excellence in terms of discharging duty during the 2014 election in Surguja district.
Sen was awarded for increasing the number of voters conducting election in a peaceful manner and in very less expenditure as well as other initiatives she had taken under the “Systematic Voter Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP)”.
Besides, the Collector had put efforts for increasing number of female voters and also played a vital role in making the city polythene free.
About 59.16 per cent voting were reported in Surguja district during the lok Sabha election 2009. In view of the unawareness of people towards their right of vote, many programmes, including EPIC rally, voter awareness Jyoti, drawing competition, Rangoli competition etc were conducted resulting into the increase in votes from 59.16 to 80.19 per cent during the 2014 lok Sabha Election. Besides, 21,297 female voters used their right to franchise in the election.