This document provides information about India's political system and voting process. It explains that India has a two-house parliament consisting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. It also describes state legislative assemblies and some state upper houses. The document outlines the voting eligibility requirements, the process for registering to vote or updating voter details, and how to find state-specific election commission websites. It emphasizes that photo identity is not mandatory for voting.
2. Indian Political System (Loksabha and Rajyasabha)
Political System at State level
How many times do I vote?
First Time Voters
Voted before, BUT…
Getting Voters ID Card (Not mandatory)
Don’t want to vote for ANYONE?
State-wise website links of Election commissions
3. Parliament of India
Loksabha
(House of People/Lower House)
Rajyasabha
(Council of States/ Upper House)
Maximum 550 Members + 2 to represent
Anglo-Indian Community
These members are representative of their
constituency and are chosen directly by
Indian Residents in General Election
Whichever party gets majority members
among these 550, forms Government and
chooses the Prime Minister
Next General Election in 2014 will be India’s
16th Loksabha Election.
Elections every 5 years to elect all members
Leader is called ‘Speaker’ and is elected by
the members
It is a constant council and Members sit for 6
years, with one third retiring every two years
Maximum 250 members out of which 12 are
chosen by the President from the field of art,
music etc.
The rest of the members are elected from
Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) of
respective states (MLAs)
Members have same perks as Loksabha
members. Both are called MP (Member of
Parliament).
The Vice-president of India is Chairman of
Rajyasabha
The cabinet ministers and state ministers can be from any house
4. State Government
Vidhan Sabha
(Legislative Assembly/Lower House)
Vidhan Parishad
(Legislative Council/ Upper House) 60-500 Members, called MLA (Member of
Legislative Assembly)
Members are directly elected by Residents of
the state in State elections.
Whichever political party has majority votes,
forms the state government and chooses the
Chief Minister
Election every 5 years.
Head is called ‘Speaker’ and is usually of the
stronger political party
Less than one third of Vidhan Sabha
Members
1/3rd members are elected by members
of local bodies, 1/3rd by MLAs, 1/12th from
teaching, 1/12th from graduates etc.
Members are called MLC (Member of
Legislative Council)
Members sit for 6 years, with one third
retiring every two year
Head is called ‘Chairman’ and is elected from
the members
Only in 6 bicameral states – Maharashtra,
AP, Bihar, J&K, Karnataka, UP
5. India
Your State
Your town/city
You elect the ward representative & thus
‘corporator’ of your town/city in Nagar
Palika election
Your
Ward
You elect the MLA of your constituency
and thus the Chief Minister of your state
in State Assembly Election
You elect the MP of your constituency and
thus the Prime Minister of your country in
General Election (2014)
6. All you need is to be above 18 years of age and your
name in the Electoral Roll of your constituency.
VOTING ID (EPIC) IS NOT NECESSARY FOR
VOTING!!
If you are a first time voter:
o Know your constituency here (Its your hometown or current
place of residence for more than 6 months)
o Fill up form 6 on ECI website or on jaagore.com or with Electoral
Registration Office (ERO) at your constituency
o Follow up religiously till your name appears on the electoral roll
o Vote for your next PM
7. If you have voted before, but not sure if you can vote
now.
o Check if your name is included in the Electoral Roll here.
o If not, fill form 6
If you have voted before, but want to change your details
like name, age, DOB etc.
o Fill form 8 and send it to your ERO
If you are living in different country, but will be present in
India on the day of voting (useless!!)
o Fill form 6A and send it by post to the ERO of the constituency
which includes the address in your passport
8. If you have voted before, but now live in different location
(constituency) since more than 6 months
o Go to your hometown where your name appears in the electoral
roll and vote there
OR
o Fill Form 7 and send it to your previous location ERO office by
post or personally.
o Fill form 6 and submit at your current location ERO
If you have voted before, but now live at different
location in the same constituency
o Fill form 8A and send it to your ERO
9. You do not need Voters ID card to vote. However, if you want to
have one, you can do this at the time of submitting form 6 or after
your name appears in the list at ERO
At specific time periods, Election Commission of India (ECI)
organizes drives to issue voter ID cards to all registered voters
through Designated Photographic Locations (DPL). During these
drives, the ECI advertises in all major newspapers of the state.
Citizens whose names appear on the voters' list are also given
information notices by the EROs of each area. The notices issued
contain useful information such as the name and age of the person,
the house number, the constituency number, and the polling booth
or part number. It also mentions the date on which the voter IDs will
be issued for a particular polling booth / part and address of
DPL. Once the voter receives the notice, he/she must visit the DPL
which is generally a school or government office in the locality. Each
DPL will usually have two systems equipped with digital cameras.
The voter ID card is issued in 10 to 15 minutes
10. Earlier it was useless Rule 49-0 where invalid vote had
no value
NOW, Indians have RIGHT TO REJECT (Negative
Voting)
There will an option of NOTA (None Of The Above) on
the EVM machine or ballot paper
If the voter is not satisfied with any of the candidates
contesting, they can select NOTA option.
When a large number of voters will press NOTA button, it
will force political parties to choose better candidates
As per new SC decision, taken on 27-09-2013
11. 1) Online voter Registration for Tamil Nadu:-http://elections.tn.nic.in/eregistration.htm
List of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs):-http://www.indianembassy.it/EROTamilNadu.pdf
2) Online voter registration for Madhya Pradesh:-
http://india.gov.in/outerwin.php?id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in%2Flogin_reg.aspx
List of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs):-http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/ERO.aspx
3) Online voter registration for Kerala:-http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/eregistration.html
List of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs):-http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/nri/ERO/Kerela.pdf
4) Online voter registration for Andhra Pradesh:-http://www.ceoandhra.nic.in/ceonew/home.aspx (look for E
Registration Form 6 link)
5) Online voter registration for Karnataka:-http://www.voterreg.kar.nic.in/
Chief Electoral Officer:- http://164.100.80.163/ceokarnataka/
6) Voter registration for Maharastra:-http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/
List of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs):-http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/ERO.pdf
Mumbai:-http://www.mahasec.com/PDF/List_of_designated_locations/ERO/Mumbai_Suburban_ERO.pdf
7) Voter registration for Orissa :- http://ceoorissa.nic.in/
List of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs):-http://ebookbrowse.com/orissa-eros-list-pdf-d127872533
8) Voter registration for West Bengal:-http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/
List of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs):-http://www.indianembassy.it/EROWestBengal.pdf
9) Voter registration for Uttar Pradesh:-http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/
List of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs):-http://srdnagar.nic.in/DEO/Telephone/ERO.pdf
10) Voter registration for Arunachal Pradesh:-http://ceoarunachal.nic.in/
12. 11) Voter registration for Assam:- http://ceoassam.nic.in/
List of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs):-http://www.hcikingston.com/reg_forms/4-assam-list-
of-electoral-registration-officer.pdf
12) Voter registration for Bihar:- http://ceobihar.nic.in/
13) Voter registration for GOA:- http://ceogoa.nic.in/ Check Election machinery on bottom left
panel.
List of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs):http://ceogoa.nic.in/erolist_new.aspx
14) Voter registration for Gujarat:-http://sec.gujarat.gov.in/voter-reg.htm
15) Voter registration for Haryana:-http://ceoharyana.nic.in/
List of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) :http://ceoharyana.nic.in/List%20of%20EROs.pdf
List of AEROs :http://ceoharyana.nic.in/List%20of%20AEROs.pdf
16) Voter registration for Himachal Pradesh:-http://ceohimachal.nic.in/
List of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs):-
http://indembminsk.org/files/notifications/himachal_pradesh_list_eros.pdf
17) Voter registration for Jammu and Kashmir:-http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/
List of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs):http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/ERos_AERos.html18)
Voter registration for Manipur:-http://ceomanipur.nic.in/
19) online Voter registration for Meghalaya:-http://ceomeghalaya.nic.in/ (look for E registration)
List of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs):http://ceomeghalaya.nic.in/contact.htm
20) Voter registration for Mizoram:-http://ceomizoram.nic.in/
13. 21) Voter registration for Nagaland:-http://ceonagaland.nic.in/
22) Voter registration for Punjab:-http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/home.aspx
23) Voter registration for Rajasthan:-http://ceorajasthan.nic.in/
List of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) :http://ceorajasthan.nic.in/ECI-ERO-AERO-08.htm
24) Voter registration for Sikkim:- http://ceosikkim.nic.in/
25) Voter registration for Tripura:-http://ceotripura.nic.in/index.asp
26) Voter registration for Chhattisgarh:-http://ceochhattisgarh.nic.in/
27) Voter registration for Jharkhand:-http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/ceo/
List of Electoral Registration Officers :http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/ceo/EROs.pdf
28) Voter registration for Uttarakhand:-http://ceo.uk.gov.in/
29) Voter registration for Andaman & Nicobar:-http://ceoandaman.nic.in/
30) Voter registration for Chandigarh:-http://ceochandigarh.nic.in/
31) Voter registration for Dadra & Nagar Haveli:-http://ceodnh.nic.in/
32) Voter registration for Daman & Diu:-http://ceodaman.nic.in/
33) Voter registration for Lakshadweep:-
http://ceolakshadweep.gov.in/home.html;jsessionid=ECF2E252EF3F93117E0417E96914B368
34) Voter registration for Puducherry:-http://ceopondicherry.nic.in/
35) Voter registration for Delhi:- http://ceodelhi.gov.in/
List of Electoral Registration Officers:-
http://ceodelhi.gov.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/file/ContactUs/ERO.pdf
Election Commission Of India: http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/index.aspx
