BEST ELECTORAL PRACTICES AWARDS 2017 FOR VOTER EDUCATION & ELECTORAL PARTICIPATION:
Ranjana, DEO, Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
Initiatives:
- Teams formed involving Anganwadi workers, teachers and ASHAs along with MahilaMangal Dals to promote women participation and interventions rolled out for women.
- Initiatives like 'MandakinikiAwaz', a local community radio channel used to spread the message of SVEEP in the remote villages and "Coffee at Campus" in educational institutes.
- Facilitation measures like DivyangDoli for voters with disabilities who could not walk to the polling station.
- Outreach to service voters to promote their participation; Special interaction with villages that had boycotted last elections and those recording less than 10 percent voting were visited by the DEO
Outcome:
- Women voting percentage jumped 9 % from Loksabha 2014 figures and 4915 Service votes received out of a total 5430 issued forms. Villages boycotting elections participated.