How ECI Delivers Real-Time Election Trends and Results

Team ICT headed by Dr Sandeep Saxena, Sr Deputy Election Commissioner, and others with Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner, in front of the Election Trends TV Panel at Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi on October 24, 2019. Photo: PIB
Team ICT headed by Dr Sandeep Saxena, Sr Deputy Election Commissioner, and others with Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner, in front of the Election Trends TV Panel at Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi on October 24, 2019. Photo: PIB

The Election Commission of India (ECI) says that it has deployed an integrated ICT counting application which gives freedom to Returning Officers spread across the country to directly compute and enter the result data on the ECI new counting application.

This application, according to ECI, allows the Returning Officers to enter table-wise data in the software, thereby reducing the time and makes the results and trends data error-free.

The counting software developed by the IT team of ECI called ENCORE (Enabling Communications on Real-time Environment) allows generation of various types of statutory reports during counting process which are mandatory for Returning Officers.

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The Returning Officer can download these system-generated reports once the counting is over and complete the statutory requirements in a hassle-free environment.

For the first time, ECI says it has launched Election Trends TV on which the graphically rich micro details of trends and results are published in real-time. As and when the counting data of each round is entered after officially been declared by the Returning Officers, the data is displayed on the Election Trends TV without any manual intervention using advanced secure technologies.

The ECI claims that these panels can be customized and configured for display automatically in public places using large TV panels by Returning Officers and Chief Electoral Officers.

Now ECI can deliver election trends and results with enhanced infographics and increased details through the ECI’s mobile app ‘Voter Helpline App’ which is available from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store for free download. The user can bookmark their favourite candidate and closely follow the results in a comprehensive manner.

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