100 pc webcasting of all polling booths in Punjab: Chief electoral officer

Aiming to make electoral process more efficient and transparent in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, the Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sibin C said that they are closely monitoring the election process through 100 per cent webcasting of poll stations.

"For the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, CCTV surveillance will be ensured inside all 24,433 polling booths, apart from it cameras will be installed outside 1884 polling stations in all 13 constituencies where there are three or more polling stations," he said.

Sibin C said that they have introduced a revamped NextGen District Information System for
Elections (DISE) this time.

"It will be used to manage all aspects of elections, from collecting data of polling staff to scheduling rehearsals, randomizing polling staff and counting staff. This modernization aims to make elections more efficient, transparent, and secure," he said.

The CEO said that this web-based application is utilized to integrate available employee data from other applications using APIs/CSV/Excel files.
"It will also assist in managing staff shortages after the initial stage by deploying additional staff," he said.