NewzVille Desk
The bye-polls of five Assembly Constituencies (ACs) held by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on 19 June 2025. Several major new initiatives launched by the ECI in the past four months, as envisaged by the Chief Election Commission. Bye-polls were held at the ACs of 24-Kadi (SC) and 87-Visavadar in Gujarat, 35-Nilambur in Kerala, 64-Ludhiana West in Punjab and 80-Kaliganj in West Bengal.
During these bye-polls, polling was held at 1354 Polling Stations (PS) in the five ACs.
The new initiatives include the provision of mobile deposit facility at all polling stations, upgraded Voter Turnout sharing process resulting in faster updation of the approximate polling trends by ensuring that the Presiding Officer updates the VTR data at the close of poll before leaving the polling station.
Other new initiatives are, webcasting at 100 per cent of polling stations ensuring constant vigil of the entire polling process and individual mock poll training of all Presiding Officers.
Also, Special Summary Revision (SSR) of the Electoral Rolls was conducted before the bye-polls for the first time in nearly two decades.
The successful implementation of these measures in the 5 bye-polls paves the way for full introduction of all these measures in the forthcoming Bihar Assembly Elections.
