TY - BOOK AU - Gujarat, Chief electoral officer TI - Systematic voter's education and electoral participation (SVEEP) Gujarat general elections (2012) U1 - 324.63 PY - 2012/// CY - Gandhinagar PB - Chief Electoral Officer KW - N2 - CONTENTS MESSAGE BYCHIEFELECTION COMMISSIONER MESSAGE BY ELECTION COMMISSIONER MESSAGE BY ELECTION COMMISSIONER FOREWORD BY DIRECTOR GENERAL INTRODUCTION BYCHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER ABBREVIATIONS GLOSSARY LISTOFTABLES LIST OF FIGURES 1. SVEEP 01 1.1 ABOUT SVEEP 03 1.2 WHY SVEEP 1.3 BRIEF HISTORY OF SVEEP IN INDIA 03 1.4 SUMMARYOFOPERATIONALGUIDELINESONSVEEPBYECI 04 2. GUJARATATAGLANCE 07 2.1 BRIEFSOCIO-ECONOMIC&DEMOGRAPHICPROFILEOFTHESTATE 09 2.2 ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY PROFILE OF THE STATE 10 2.3 CULTURAL PROFILE OF STATE 14 3. VOTER PROFILE OF GUJARAT- GAP ANALYSIS 21 3.1 EP RATIO OF ELECTORS 23 3.2 AGE COHORT ANALYSIS OF ELECTORS 25 3.3 GENDERBREAKUPOFELECTORS 28 3.4 LITERACY RATE 30 3.5 URBAN VOTERS 31 3.6 IDENTIFYING EXCLUDED COMMUNITIES/CATEGORIES 32 3.7 ERO TO AC RATIO 33 3.8 THE AVAILABILITY OF HASSLE FREE REGISTRATION 33 3.9 TURNOUT IN PREVIOUS ELECTIONS 34 3.10 TRIBAL VOTERS/MIGRATION ISSUES 35 3.11 SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT 36 3.12 POLLING STATION DISTANCE AND INFORMATION 37 4. PREPARATORY LEARNING 39 4.1 LEARNING FROM WITHIN INDIA 41 4.2 LEARNING FROM WITHIN GUJARAT 44 4.3 LEARNING FROM INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES 46 4.4 LEARNING FROM NATIONAL VOTERS'DAY CELEBRATIONS 47 5. PLANNING-PHASE I 51 5.1 APPROACH PAPER FOR GUJARAT 53 5.2 LETTER OF CEO TO DEOs 54 5.3 OBJECTIVES 56 5.4 TARGETS FOR SVEEP 58 5.5 DISTRICT LEVEL PLANS 59 6. PLANNING-PHASE II: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, BEHAVIOR, 73 BELIEFS & PRACTICES OF VOTERS 6.1 ABOUT THE BASELINE KABBP STUDY IN GUJARAT 75 6.2 MAJOR FINDINGS OFTHE BASELINE KABBP STUDY 75 6.3 WAY FORWARD IDENTIFIED BASED ON BASELINE STUDY 77 7. STRATEGY 83 7.1 OVERALL STRATEGY 86 7.2 PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS 89 7.3 LAST MILE DELIVERY: INCLUSION STRATEGY 103 7.4 TARGETED INTERVENTIONS IN IDENTIFIED POLLING STATIONS 108 7.5 CONTENT&THEIRMODES:WHAT & HOW OF INFORMATION, 109 MOTIVATION & FACILITATION 7.6 ENGAGEMENT WITH MEDIA 132 7.7 NATIONAL AND LOCAL ICON/EMISSARY 133 7.8 USEOFTECHNOLOGY 134 8. EXECUTION 137 8.1 ADMINISTRATION 139 8.2 ROLL OUT OF SVEEP 141 8.3 FUNDINGOFSVEEP 166 8.4 MONITORING&REVIEWOFSVEEPACTIVITIES 168 9. OUTCOMES 171 9.1 HEALTHIER ELECTORAL ROLLS AND REGISTRATION 173 9.2 INCREASE IN OVERALL TURNOUT 174 9.3 INCREASE IN FEMALE TURNOUT ` 176 9.4 INCREASE IN URBAN TURNOUT 177 9.5 INCREASE IN TRIBAL VOTERSTURNOUT 177 9.6 INCREASE IN TURNOUT IN LOW VOTERTURNOUTPOLLING 178 STATIONS TARGETED FOR FOCUSED INTERVENTIONS 9.7 INCREASE IN TURNOUT OF ELECTION STAFF 180 9.8 THE CASE OF KATHIDARBAR WOMEN OF AMRELI 180 9.9 THECASEOFSATIPATISOFDANGS 183 9.10 THE CASE OF PROJECT AFFECTED PERSONS OF AHMEDABAD 183 10. INNOVATIONS & BEST PRACTICES: WHAT WAS NEW & EFFECTIVE IN SVEEP? 187 10.1 MATDAARSAHAYATAKENDRAS 189 10.2 FLEXIBILITYOF PLANS 190 10.3 REPLICATION AS A STRATEGY 191 10.4 BLO REGISTER 192 10.5 BLO VISIT RECORD 192 10.6 SVEEP NODAL OFFICER AT DISTRICT LEVEL 192 10.7 COMMUNICATION BOMBARDMENT 193 10.8 SYSTEMATIC ENROLLMENT OF YOUTH THROUGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 193 10.9 TRACING 18 YEAR OLDS FOR REGISTRATION 194 10.10 LISTOFCLAIMSANDOBJECTIONSINPUBLICDOMAIN 195 10.11 BULWARK OF PARTNERSHIPS 196 10.12 PARTNERSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT MEDIA-DOORDARSHAN 197 10.13 PARTNERSHIP WITH A PRIVATE FM RADIO CHANNEL 197 10.14 PARTNERSHIPWITHASCHOOLFORCONTENTCREATION 198 10.15 BAA, BAUAURBETI CAMPAIGN 198 10.16 SANKALPAPATRAS 199 10.17 YOUTH ELECTION EMISSARY 201 10.18 VERYSENIORCITIZENSASLOCALICONS 202 10.19 E-MAMTA 204 10.20 DENA BANK FACILITIES 204 10.21 UTILIZING LOCAL CULTURAL EVENTS, FESTIVALS AND MEDIUMS 205 10.22 EDUCATING POLITICAL PARTIES 206 10.23 INFORMATION FORCANDIDATES 206 10.24 ONLINE ENGAGEMENT 206 10.25 COMBINING SVEEP WITH CONFIDENCE BUILDING % 207 PHOTO GALLERY 210 11. FEEDBACKS FUTURE OF SVEEP 219 11.1 END LINE KABBP SURVEY 221 11.2 FEEDBACK RECEIVED: 2012 ELECTIONS 224 11.3 FUTURE OF SVEEP: WHAT WILL BE DONE DIFFERENTLY? 240 12. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 242 13. ANNEXURE 243 13.1 DISTRICT WISE LITERACY RATES ACCORDING TO GENDER OF GUJARAT AS PERCENSUS2011 13.2 VOTER TURNOUT ACCORDING TO GENDER IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN GUJARAT 13.3 LETTER FROM CEO OFFICE TO DEOS ON DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRICT SVEEPPLANS 13.4 DETAILED QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BASELINE KABBP STUDY 13.5 ECI INSTRUCTION (NO. 491/ IEC/ AO/ 2010) ON VOTER AWARENESS OBSERVER 13.6 DETAILED FORMAT FOR SVEEP REPORTING IN GUJARAT 13.7 DETAILED QUESTIONNAIRE FOR END LINE KABBP STUDY 13.8 ECI INSTRUCTION (NO. 491/IEC/2010) ON APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER 13.9 ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF SANKALPA PATRA ER -