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Introducing ‘Know Your Candidates tool’ for Lok Sabha Elections 2014
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Cross-posted from the
Google India Blog
Tool to help voters find information about Lok Sabha candidates and their constituency MP
In the last five months, we have made a concerted effort to provide our users a destination for all their information needs for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. As we get closer to the voting day in many constituencies, we are introducing a new tool as part of our elections portal offering
‘
google.co.in/elections
’,
called ‘Know Your Candidates’. The new tool will allow you to get easy access to relevant information about political candidates contesting from your constituency and the incumbent Member of Parliament.
This tool integrates publicly available information sourced from Indian organizations such as the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), PRS Legislative Research and Liberty Institute India. The tool will provide valuable information for each sitting Lok Sabha MP and contesting candidates such as their disclosed educational background, financial declaration and social media presence (wherever available). The Tool also integrates YouTube candidate bios being produced by Ping Network.
Mapped onto the Google Maps interface, you will be able to find the information about candidates by using pin codes of your area or by zooming into your locality on the map.
We hope that making this information easily accessible will help Indian voters learn more about candidates running for public office and help them to make an informed decision
Posted by Google Elections Team, Google India
Keeping one billion voters informed in India and Indonesia
Friday, April 4, 2014
Cross-posted from the Google
Asia Pacific Blog
Election season is in full swing for two of the world’s largest democracies as a staggering one billion people make their way to the polls in April. To help keep Indian and Indonesian voters informed, we’ve launched tools that provide easier access to the latest news, videos, and practical details about the coming elections.
India
We’re enabling interaction between candidates and their electorates through a series of Hangouts on Air with India’s political leaders. You can view the
conversation with BJP leader Arun Jaitley
and stay informed about upcoming guests through our
Elections Hub
.
Indians can also submit an interactive
Pledge to Vote
on the map to share messages with fellow citizens on why voting is important. If you need any inspiration, watch this moving story of Mr. Shyam Negi, independent India’s first voter, who is 97 years old and has never missed the opportunity to cast his vote.
Indonesia
In Indonesia, voting-rights NGO
Perludem
and
The Asia Foundation
are using our Google Maps tools to create a
candidate information map
that will be updated as votes come in on election day. Together with Perludem, we’ve also held workshops to enable Indonesian candidates to reach and communicate with voters across the country on platforms such as YouTube and Google+. In this year’s election, 44% of voters are between 18 and 22 years old, and are casting their ballots for the first time. We hope that through better engagement with the candidates, more young voters will be encouraged to go to the polls.
Indonesia’s Elections Hub
also keeps citizens informed about how the different political parties are trending in Google Search.
As election fever sets in, we hope the Elections Hubs at
Google.co.in/elections
for India and
Google.co.id/elections
for Indonesia provide you with all the information that you need to stay on top of these significant events.
Posted by Chetan Krishnaswamy, Head of Government Relations at Google India, and Shinto Nugruho, Head of Government Relations, Google Indonesia
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