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To promote the culture of transparency, accountability and boost the commitment to high standards of electoral practices in India, 75 delegates representing 23 countries are in India to witness the Indian General Elections as part of the International Election Visitors’ Programme (IEVP).
Therefore, the ECI is required to operate in an entirely persuasive space, inviting the citizens to volunteer to become part of electoral roll and, thereafter, through systematic voter awareness programme, to motivate them to exercise their franchise.
Rocketparrot News reports that India General election usually runs from April 19th and slated to end on the 9th of May, 2024.
The event which took place on Sunday was inaugurated in the presence of CEC Shri Rajiv Kumar and ECs Shri Gyanesh Kumar and Shri Sukhbir Singh Sandhu at New Delhi.
Chief Election Commissioner Shri Rajiv Kumar while addressing the delegates, remarked that the contribution of the Indian electoral space and work done by the Election Commission of India, holds a significant portion of the world democratic space.
Shri Kumar further said that the Indian elections space is unique, as neither electoral registration is compulsory nor voting is mandatory.
He said “It would be axiomatic to say that the credibility of the processes that we undertake is validated through the sheer turnout at elections and the near saturation of electoral rolls in terms of Elector-population ratio.
“A 970 million strong electorate will be welcomed by over 15 million polling personnel at over 1 million Polling Stations spread across the country,” Shri Kumar added.
On the sidelines of the event, the Commission also held bilateral interactions with the Chief Election Commissioners of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Nepal along with their delegation.
