Is the whole country covered by EVM machines? Are there no more invalid
votes, and thus we can find the total number of votes polled in a
constituency by adding all candidate votes plus NOTA?

Thanks


On 14 May 2014 10:18, Srinivasan Ramani <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Gilles,
>
> Yes. They are the most accurate and authentic (but of course). The media
> channels come up with vastly different numbers and sometimes even random
> numbers. I wish someone on those various panels call them out on it but it
> never happens. Last time in 2009, some important constituency numbers -
> such as Sivaganga were shrouded in major controversy partially because news
> channels jumped the gun in announcing the winner, which turned out to be
> inaccurate.
>
> Besides, the news channels never come up with vote shares early enough.
>
> One good thing about the news channels and their websites is that the ECI
> site is relatively traffic-free because of the slight lag and slowness of
> verified updates.
>
> Best,
> Srini
>
>
> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Gilles VERNIERS <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> There is a lag. They publish results seat by seats. We'll get a fairly
>> complete picture by the evening, that is if their result website does not
>> crash, under the number of hits.
>>
>> Gilles
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 14 mai 2014, at 06:48, Venkatraman S <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Are the results published online immediately or is their a lag?
>>
>> -V
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Srinivasan Ramani <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Rukmini,
>>>
>>> The 2009 way was way different.
>>>
>>> I hope they host it in the same format as the previous assembly
>>> elections. Considering the elaborate manner they have hosted the results
>>> page, I suspect they will retain the same format. (Although considering
>>> they have CrystalReports on their site on various other public info
>>> recently, I don't know if they have changed).
>>>
>>> Wrote some scripts (with help from another hacker @pallih) to download
>>> and extract this data from ECI into csv files.
>>>
>>> They are available here:
>>> https://classic.scraperwiki.com/profiles/vrsrini/index.html
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Srini
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 11:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Rukmini,
>>>>
>>>> It is very likely that the results will come in the same form. I'll be
>>>> collating all the results that day and find it useful to just create the
>>>> format I need, combined with other variables. I'll be happy to share it
>>>> once we get everything. Do send me a reminder, though.
>>>> Best,
>>>> Gilles
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Le mardi 13 mai 2014 19:42:57 UTC+5:30, Rukmini S a écrit :
>>>> > Hi, all. Would anyone who worked on GE-2009 remember if the results
>>>> came in on the ECI Results page in the same format as (for example) the
>>>> 2013 Assembly Election results? i.e. with a state-wise page that gives you
>>>> the winner, with the constituency's unique number, like so:
>>>> http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseS26.htm?st=S26
>>>> > And a constituency-wise detailed page without the constituency
>>>> number, like so:
>>>> http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2653.htm?ac=53
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Is this also how the format you'd expect the 2014 results to come in?
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks,
>>>> > Rukmini
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