Google Launched India Elections Centre 2009!

Last week, Google launched a new site called India Elections Centre about India’s 15th General Election 2009. The title of the site is Lok Sabha Elections – Be an Informed Voter!

Read what they said about the launch of this useful site:

“At Google, we believe information is fundamentally empowering. While all of our technologies demonstrate a commitment to this guiding principle, information is especially important when a society comes together to participate in democratic elections. Beginning ten days from today, more than 700 million eligible voters in India will over the course of four weeks have the opportunity to participate in the largest democratic event in human history — India’s 15th general election[more..]“

People from across India can use the Centre to do the following:

• Confirm their voter registration status
• Discover their polling location
• View their constituency on a map
• Consume relevant election-related news, blogs, videos, and quotations
• Evaluate the status of development in their constituency across a range of indicators
• Learn about the background of their Member of Parliament and this year’s candidates

VISIT: The site is available in English and Hindi languages.

Source: Google Blog, Google India Blog

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2 Responsesto “Google Launched India Elections Centre 2009!”

1. Mohit says:

   April 16, 2009 at 12:28 pm

   Its a very impressive site however with very limited information. Portal claims to provide various aforementioned information services including:-*Learn about the background of their Member of Parliament and this year’s candidates*-While I could dig on the background of sitting MPs, I could not figure out how to look for information on this year’s candidates.(Background, Assets, Criminal record etc.)Historical information is nice to have but what a voter is really looking for is information to decide for his future.I could not find a page where a feedback/suggestion could be provided to Google. Choosing the blogosphere to raise my opinion
2. Shafar says:

   April 16, 2009 at 6:11 pm

   @MohitHi Mohit, I agree with you that Google’s India Elections Centre website does not provide too much information on candidates like Background, Assets, Criminal record etc. Last week I had come across a program in CNN-IBN where some students from Mumbai created a website providing those details of candidates. They also admitted that they had several threats after creating that website. Unfortunately, I didn’t noted down the URL of their website. I tried to find in Google, but couldn’t get that..Keep in Touch with my blog..