RanchiOpen Elecon - Managing Elections Meticulously in Jharkhand

The general elections in India, the worlds largest democracy, were recently held to elect its 15th Lok Sabha. Elections are conducted according to the constitutional provisions, supplemented by laws made by Parliament. The major laws are Representation of the People Act, 1950, which mainly deals with the preparation and revision of electoral rolls, the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which deals, in detail, with all aspects of conduct of elections and post election disputes. Elections in India are an exercise involving political mobilisation, people participation and organisational complexity on mammoth scale and are said to be the largest event in the world. To manage the event involving enormous complexity, a computer based system - Open Elecon was developed by NIC, Jharkhand using open source platform for conducting the parliamentary / assembly elections conforming to the guidelines of the Election Commission of India.