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Election Counting Application

The ENCORE counting application allows returning officers to digitally tabulate vote counts from each round of an election. It facilitates systematic and standardized counting procedures. The application is accessed through unique logins for returning officers and additional computer agents. On counting day, vote totals are entered polling station-wise for each round and published after verification. Postal and overseas votes are also recorded in the system. The application generates required forms and maintains audit logs to ensure transparency and accuracy of results.

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Election Counting Application

The ENCORE counting application allows returning officers to digitally tabulate vote counts from each round of an election. It facilitates systematic and standardized counting procedures. The application is accessed through unique logins for returning officers and additional computer agents. On counting day, vote totals are entered polling station-wise for each round and published after verification. Postal and overseas votes are also recorded in the system. The application generates required forms and maintains audit logs to ensure transparency and accuracy of results.

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Election Counting Application

Background
Earlier, the returning officer would compile the report on paper, excel sheet or state-
specific application. Thereafter the data used to be inputted into the ECI main website for
display of results. This caused delays, errors in data entry and most importantly added up
work of the returning officer.

Introduction
ENCORE Counting is the most vital and robust module that has been developed to run on
the Counting day for counting of votes, monitoring of end to end process and declaration
of Results by the Returning officer.

The ENCORE counting application is an end-to-end application for returning officers to


digitize the votes polled, tabulate the data each round-wise and then take out various
statutory reports of counting. The application was launched on 10 March 2019 and has
now been evolved into a complete counting application wherein the returning officer can
now enter the votes polled each table-wise.
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Functionality and Process flow


Counting Application has been deployed for entry of counting data on the results day. This
module uses the same data of Contesting candidates that are finalized by the Returning
Officer after scrutiny of the candidates.

The Application is designed in a way that the series of work to be done by the Returning
Officer in the System will automatically be popped up one after another. This actually
helps the Officers to do the work in a systematic way and bounds them to follow the
procedure.

Returning Officer is the key person for the counting software but for the help in the
data entry part, additional Returning Officer- Computer Agents can be created. These
additional users only help in data punching, all the decisive powers are with the Returning
Officer Login only.

On the Counting day once the pre-check of data is completed, the Returning Officer
starts the counting module by setting up of No. of Rounds scheduled and then as per the
counting start time the entry of EVM Votes counted on each Table is entered for Polling
station wise. After entering this data, it is mandatory to take the printout of TRV (Table-
wise Recording of Votes) to verify and sign it. Similarly, the data for all tables in that Round
is entered and verified. Returning Officer then verifies the completed Round data through
RDF (Round Declaration Form) and publishes it for public view. Returning Officer also
enters Postal / ETPBS Votes for the respective Constituency which is also verified and
signed before publishing.

To ensure faster dissemination of authentic information, the data is first entered in


ENCORE before the round results are announced at the counting. The timely publication
of the round-wise information is vital for establishing a single source of authentic data.

Features
Fast and Robust

Secure with 2 step User Authentication

Simple and Interactive Interface

Facility to save data as draft till publishing

Editing of data based on user role

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Download and Print option available for data verification

Various Forms like FORM 21C, FORM 21E and FORM 20 generated directly
from the system

Audit and Transaction Logs are maintained.

Technology
Web/API Development : PHP-Laravel framework(LAMP)
Database: MariaDB
Security protocols: SSL, AES-256 encryption
Notification: SMS and email integration
Load balancer

Outcome
Declaring results in Indian Elections with data of 8026 candidates and 61,36,56,298
voters is a herculean task. Nowhere in the world the results are displayed as fast and in
as authentic a manner as has been done in India. The application is hardened for cyber
safety so that the results published by the Election Commission of India are authentic and
are always available. Similarly, it has aided the Returning Officer in the computation of the
votes.

The Timely and Accurate Round-wise Trends and Results are widely published through
ECI Results Portal, Voter Helpline App and Election Trends TV which is playing a vital
role for establishing a single source of truth. Simplified process and validation checks at
various levels has made the system more effective and Robust.

Various essential Forms at the level of Returning Officer are


generated from the system itself like: FORM 21C (Formal
Declaration of Result), FORM 21E (Certificate of Return of
Elections), FORM 20 (Final Result Sheet).

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