Mysore District
Presentation
on
Conduction of Elections
(Innovations)
The Agenda
What Elections mean to us in Mysore?
Why Innovations?
Innovations
How it was done? Resources?
The future
1.
Most important work of the Government
machinery. Zero tolerance.
2.
‘Panchasheel’:
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Election work comes first, always and every time
Check every moving vehicle, offences will be controlled
Sector Management is the key to election
Obey directions, and never criticize anything or anyone
Be polite to public, candidate and media
Took oath in the meetings.
1.
‘24x7 election’: Real-time
communication, using a wide
wireless network, and web-site.
2.
Sector Management.
3.
Restrictions, using local laws.
4.
Fool-proof check posts and vehicle
monitoring software.
5.
Expenditure tracking.
1.
Election is a 24x7 work! It can’t be
handled in the traditional 9-5 manner.
We need to be alert round the clock.
Hence at every level, shift system was
introduced.
2.
Violations happen mostly at night, when
the officers are taking rest.
3.
Hence, 24x7 concept was brought in.
Control room was established which will
track the Election officials and their
work.
4.
Huge wireless network (300 sets)
(disaster mgmt), was used for election
round the clock with deadly effect.
1.
‘Sector management’ is an excellent
decentralization concept. If the ECI
guidelines in this regard are followed in
letter and spirit, violations will drop by
minimum 60%. Mysore exactly did that.
2.
6 magistrates per police station, in 2
shifts (total 240!). 120 sectors/vehicles
with Beacon lights. For 11 assembly
segments.
3.
All fitted with wireless and hence on
‘real time’.
4.
Practically no vehicle could ply in the
district without being checked by a
1.
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4.
Processions: restricted to 120.
Strength of a ‘company’. Using sec.
70, 71 of Police Act and sec. 20-A
of RP Act. It ensured peace in the
district.
Cash carrying restricted to: Rs.
30,000/- Anybody who wants to carry
extra, can call up 1077 and get
‘permit number’, which will be relayed
to sector to permit him/her.
Total ban on banners and buntings,
using local laws. This brought the
FIR numbers from 621 to just 18
cases!
Liquor shops closed 3 days in
1.
60 check posts established. Jointly
managed by police/civilians. They
worked in 3 shifts. Local resources
were pooled.
2.
Cascading type used (3 posts for 3
types of vehicles), so that no vehicle
stops for more than 2 min. Hence,
public were not inconvenienced.
3.
New software was made by local
college. It analysed the vehicle
movement and gave valuable inputs.
4.
Every vehicle, including all trains and
buses were checked.
1.
In the parliamentary election,
shadow registers were maintained.
Each candidate was followed round
the clock by election officials.
2.
All banks were asked to provide
details of daily transactions.
Separate ‘expenditure cell’ was
established and monitored by officer
of Central Excise dept.
3.
Purchase of Gold/silver and
apparels in huge qty were
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4.
The Human resources were pooled
from whole district from state and
central govt.
The local bodies like, MCC, MUDA,
Mysore palace board also contributed
in terms of barricades, refreshments
from for the elections officials round
the clock.
The CEO, Karnataka office,
sanctioned 50 lakhs more for extra
vehicles of sector magistrates.
The wireless equipments were pooled
from the temples, and disaster
management offices.
1.
The police hierarchical structure
doesn’t allow the SP to function
as a part of DEO team. He has
to work under IG, DG etc. During
elections, SP shall be only
answerable to DEO, and none
else.
2.
After Elections, at least 6 months
no transfer shall be made of
senior officers, without consulting
the ECI.
Thank you
The ECI, for its path breaking initiatives.
CEO, Karnataka office (Shri/Ramashesan, VidyaShankar, Suranjana, BV
Kulkarni, Manoj Arya), for motivating us.
Every member of ‘Team Mysore’, Mysore, including MCC, MUDA etc,
for making it possible.