IT enhanced efficiency, reliability and speed of poll results Digital Goa Team
PANAJI -- Gone are those days when one had to wait for days to get the complete results of the elections, be it panchayat, state or parliament elections.=20 Now, like every other field, IT has also transformed the way elections are conducted in the largest democracy in the world. Thanks to the compact size and better infrastructural facilities, usage of IT is most effective in Goa. IT application has not only reduced the manpower requirement drastically but has increased the efficiency, speed and reliability of election results. IT is being used in number of ways in the election process. The Election Commission of India, which is responsible for conducting the elections for state assembly, sets up a network linking the ECI headquarters in Delhi to every district head quarters going for polls. A central office located in the State capital acts as an intermediately between New Delhi and District Transmitting Centres (DTC). All the district Transmitting Centres are equipped with computers, telephone lines, Internet connections and fax machines for smooth and faster data transfer. DTCs are manned by a statistical officer from the Department of Planning and Statistics and a programmer/ software engineer from National Information Centre. A specially designed software package called =93Genesys=94 is used for transferring the data from the DTCs to ECI in New Delhi. The data is transferred in the form of FTP files using Genesys software in three major stages =96 pre-counting data, counting data and post counting data. Three hotlines are operational through out the election process connecting North Goa, South Goa and Central office in Panaji to the CEO in Delhi. Each returning officer is also provided with fax machines and STD lines. The staff is specially trained to handle the job of data entry with speed and precision. Electorate rolls are also updated simultaneously on the computers. However, the major factor which contributed to the declaration of early results is the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs). As like last assembly elections, the forthcoming assembly polls in Goa will be held exclusively on EVMs. In all, 1441 EVMs will be used in the 1135 polling stations in the state. The failure rate of these EVMs is almost nil and it needs just four steps to display the candidate wise and party wise results. The booth wise results are then compiled by the computers to give the results of each constituency. All this is done within a short time. Results are then conveyed to the CEO and which in turn updates them on their website -- www.eci.gov.in ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Goa's first and only IT fortnightly -- "digITal Goa" Your Window to Goa's DigITal World. SUBSCRIBE NOW -- to avail introductory discount of 50 -- at just Rs 120 for one year (24 issues) for individuals and Rs 160 for institutions. For subscription and advertising contact: (0832) 446609 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: Flat No. S-1, Bldg. No. 3, Merces Apartments, MERCES-GOA 403005. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ =20 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
