Ballot Boxes Opening Today - Step-by-Step Process

Election Update # 16

ICAI Elections 2021 - Ballot Counting Process - Step-by-Step

Step 1: Opening the ballot boxes which is safely kept in counting venue transported from 171 polling booths across Southern Region

Step 2: Reconcile the count of ballot papers after opening the ballot boxes with the polled count and then verifying the valid ballots

Step 3: This election year other Regional constituency polling were allowed in Southern Region Polling Booths. Such Ballot papers will be first tallied with polled count and sent today to respective counting venue of regional offices of ICAI

Step 4: Opening the Postal ballot from the postal covers received till 10th December 2021 and verifying validity

The above steps probably be completed by the end of the day (16th December 2021)

Step 5: The valid ballots (after excluding the invalid votes) from Polling and valid ballots (after excluding the invalid votes) from Postal will be added together along with tendered votes if any to arrive at Total Valid Votes cast (for Central Council and Regional Council Separately)

Step 6: Before going to next step; polling officer will give an opportunity to the candidates present / representatives of the candidates present to go-through the invalid votes (of-course without touching it)

Step 7: After getting the valid votes cast; the next important step is fixing Quota as given in the below mentioned droop quota formula

The above steps probably be completed by the end of the day 2 (17th December 2021)

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Members in Practice - Voting - Citywise

Election Update # 15

The average Voting Percentage is 62.3% for members in Practice

Minimum Voting Percentage is 47.1% in Bengaluru City 

Maximum Voting Percentage is 82.4% in Visakhapatnam City

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Members in Employment - Voting - Citywise

Election Update # 14

The average Voting Percentage is 26.7% for members in Industry

Minimum Voting Percentage is 14.6% in Bengaluru City 

Maximum Voting Percentage is 54.5% in Visakhapatnam City

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ICAI Elections - Citywise - Members in Practice & Employment Voting

Election Update # 13

The average Voting Percentage is 42.6% of which 62.3% for members in practice and 26.7% for members in Industry

Minimum Voting Percentage is 27.2% in Bengaluru City of which 47.1% for members in practice and 14.6% for members in Industry

Maximum Voting Percentage is 68.0% in Visakhapatnam City of which 82.4% for members in practice and 54.5% for members in Industry

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ICAI Elections - Membership in Practice and Employment Voting

Election Update # 12

 

65% of voted members are in Practice & 35% of voters members are in Service.

Out of 61,048 members 33,688 (55.2%) are in Service and 27,360 (44.8%)

Out of 33,688 members in service 8,992 (26.7%) voted 

Out of 27,360 members in practice 17,040 (62.3%) voted

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Note: All the above voting statistics are excluding the postal votes in India & Abroad 

ICAI Elections - Associate Member & Fellow Member Voting

 Election Update # 11

Out of 26K voters 18% are women CAs

Seniors (Fellow CAs) and Juniors (Associate CAs) are at par in ICAI Election voting turnout 

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ICAI Membership Yearwise voting

 Election Update # 10

During December 2021 ICAI election out of 10,997 new members 4,541 new voters (youngsters) have voted who have become members during the year 2019, 2020 and 2021. 

Out of 4,541 new voters; interestingly 1295 are from Andhra Pradesh, 1165 are from Telangana, 797 from Tamilnadu, 773 from Karnataka, 504 from Kerala and 7 from Puducherry

What is Tendered Ballot?

Election Update # 9

Tendered Ballot 

If the polling officer is not satisfied as to the identity of the person claiming to be a voter, he may issue a ballot paper to such person but instead of getting the ballot paper inserted in the ballot box, he shall place the same in a separate sealed cover superscribed as "Tendered ballot" and send it to the Returning Officer along with a letter, from the person concerned together with his own observations thereon, for the Returning Officer's decision which shall be final and conclusive.

According to Section 49P of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, if a voter realises that someone has already voted in his/her name, he/she can approach the presiding officer at the polling booth and flag the issue. 

Upon answering the presiding officer’s questions about his/her identity satisfactorily, the voter will be allowed to cast a tender vote. 

Tender votes are cast on ballot papers and sealed and locked away. These votes are useful when the margin between the winning candidate and the runner-up is slim. However, if the difference is large, tender votes are not counted. 

In the Rajasthan Assembly Elections in 2008, when the Congress’s C.P. Joshi (He was one of the Chief Ministerial candidates. The senior leader had a great chance of becoming the Chief Minister of the state if he had won the elections. Not only did he lose by just one vote but surprisingly, it was his own mother, wife, and the driver who reportedly didn’t turn up to vote on the polling day) lost to the BJP’s Kalyan Singh Chouhan by one vote, he moved the Rajasthan High Court in 2009 claiming that some of the votes cast were tendered. The court ordered a recount and found a tie. After a draw, Mr. Chouhan was declared the winner.

(Source: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/tendered-vote/article26925328.ece) 

Regional Council - Southern Region - Year 2015 & 2018 Elections - Reminiscence

Election Update # 8

Central Council - Southern Region - Year 2015 & 2018 Elections - Reminiscence

 Election Update # 7