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Elector Search Bhagyakeralam
Himachal
Bhagyakeralam is an Android mobile application
Elector Search Himachal Mobile App is devel- for Lottery Agents and citizens who buy Kerala Lot-
oped for State Election Commission, Himachal tery Ticket. A buyer can check whether the lottery
Pradesh (HP) by NIC, Himachal Pradesh. The Elec- ticket is genuine or not by reading the QR Code. One
toral Rolls are prepared by the respective Electoral can verify the prize eligibility after the Draw using
Registration Officers (SDMs) and Assistant Electoral this app. It also provides a facility to check the status
Registration Officers (BDOs) under the superinten- of the claimed prize and different stages of the pay-
dence, direction and control of the State Election ment process. The app is introduced for the Lottery
Commission (SEC) to hold elections for Panchayati Department of the Government of Kerala.
Raj Institutions (PRI) and Urban Local Bodies (ULB). Bhagyakeralam is the citizen interface for the
These Electoral Rolls are prepared using Electoral Lottery Information System (LOTIS). LOTIS is a work-
Roll Management System (ERMS) software devel- flow-based software by NIC Kerala for the use of
oped by NIC Himachal Pradesh for State Election the Kerala State Lotteries Department. It includes
Commission, Himachal Pradesh. The rolls are being Scheme management, Draw management, Variable
prepared and maintained using this software since data generation, Print order, Issue note generation
2010. and Centralized distribution, Agent Registration Ser-
The next general elections for PRI/ ULB is sched- vice, Sales Counters, Result entry, Prize processing,
uled for January 2021 in HP and the work of Electoral Prize disbursement and E-payment of prize money
Roll publishing is in the final stage. to the winner’s bank account.
The Electoral Rolls are prepared Ward/ Polling As a part of the security enhancement for the
Station-wise and are published on the web after Lottery tickets printing, an AES encrypted code is
each revision. The app helps electors of the state embedded in the QR code and printed on the tick-
to search their name in these rolls to find out the ets. The decryption is done in the LOTIS server and is
exact details of their vote. They are provided with protected with a secure decryption key. The encryp-
the District, Block/ ULB, Ward, Polling Station (wher- tion key is regenerated for each draw. The Mobile App
ever valid), relative name, age, EPIC number, House uses QR Code Scanning to achieve all its functional-
No, their ward and ward extent etc. The user has the ities. The QRCode scanning in mobile App is imple-
option to either use free text search or in case the mented using an open-source ZXing library.
user is sure about the exact constituency (Panchayat The ‘Bhagya Keralam’ mobile app provides the
Ward or ULB Ward), the user may select the location following services:
where the name needs to be searched. • Verify the authenticity of a ticket
The web API is based on an elastic search to
provide speedy results. The app is available both on • Check the Draw and Prize-winning status
Android and iOS. • Check the prize claiming status

Ajay Singh Chahal (sio-hp@nic.in) T Mohana Dhas (sio-ker@nic.in)

For NIC apps related query, please contact:
Android
Sandeep Sood
Email: sood.sandeep@nic.in
Phone: 0177-2880890

iOS
Andrews Varghese
Email: kerkan@nic.in
Phone: 0497-2700761

Visit the Mobile App Store at
https://egovmobileapps.nic.in https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nic.hp.erms https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.kerala.lotis
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/elector-sec-hp/id1482490168

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