Election Commission launches new IT Apps for Assembly polls

In order to ensure transparency, accessibility, coordination and better management for conduct of various works relating to Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, scheduled to be held by the end of this year, the Election Commission on Monday prepared a set of new IT software applications to be used in the ensuing elections. Chief Election Commissioner AK Joti along with other members launched these Apps at Peterhoff.

Himachal Electoral Atlas is an App that gives details of important geographic locations of the state, including polling stations locations, details of polling stations, routes and other important features of the area. Himachal Elections Management System is another App to be used for election management in the state, which will have coordination right from Chief Electoral Officer to Returning Officers and polling stations. Alerts can be generated at any level and will be responded within no time. For the first time, poll duties of police personnel will be randomized through software on the pattern as being done for other polling staff. In addition to this, mobile number upgrade app will be used to update mobile numbers of households in the state. The link for this App is available on the website http:eohimachal.nic.in. Automated reply and missed call facility will be available on number 0177-2620551. Any information regarding election can be obtained by giving a miss call to this number.

The call will be responded within 30 minutes. GIF App will provide information on functioning of VVPAT. State Chief Electoral Officer Pushpender Rajpoot, welcoming the Commission, gave details of various Apps launched in the state. He said post cards would be delivered to every household in the state to provide election related information to electors. Election Commissioners Om Prakash Rawat and Sunil Arora, senior Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha and Deputy Election Commissioners Sandeep Saxena and Sudeep Jain were also present on the occasion.