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NEW DELHI: Chief predetermination commissioner Gyanesh Kumar Wednesday utilised the India International Conference connected Democracy and Election Management (IICDEM) 2026 - which got underway successful Delhi with the information of delegates from 70 nations - arsenic a forum to showcase the palmy behaviour of peculiar intensive revision (SIR) successful Bihar, citing the zero appeals received aft work of the last electoral rotation and the consequent assembly predetermination that witnessed nary repolls."Pure electoral roll, including each and each eligible elector arsenic per law, is indispensable to fortify ideology and each elections which volition beryllium held connected the ground of that electoral roll. The 2nd conception is behaviour of polls, which becomes a precise challenging, logistical affair, due to the fact that a ample fig of radical person to obey and travel the electoral laws and the instructions issued by EC," Kumar said portion highlighting however Bihar predetermination had delivered connected some the fronts.Stating that the intent of IICDEM 2026 is to not lone observe ideology but besides recognize the aboriginal path, challenges, the expectations of electors and however to marque the electoral process smoother and much transparent, escaped and fair, the CEC explained to the overseas delegates, who included apical representatives of 42 electoral absorption bodies and 27 ambassadors/high commissioners, however Indian elections person go 1 of the largest exercises connected the satellite successful presumption of logistics, numbers and transparency needs.
"More than a cardinal voters, (with) 640 cardinal exercising their franchise astatine much than a cardinal polling stations....and astir 2 crore radical progressive successful the workout is simply a feat," Kumar underlined.Election commissioner S S Sandhu described the religion placed by citizens successful electoral absorption bodies (EMBs) arsenic precious, saying that it is the corporate work of EMBs to sphere it.Election commissioner Vivek Joshi said IICDEM-2026 brings unneurotic EMBs, researchers, students and practitioners, who presumption elections from antithetic angles, to brainstorm connected each issues relating to ideology & electoral management.Earlier, caput wide of International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) Kevin Casas-Zamora welcomed India's chairship of International IDEA, saying that India indispensable stock with the satellite however it has dealt with challenges to physique a bequest of "free and just elections, respect for the regularisation of law, tolerance, secularism, property state and each the things that represent a democracy".Recalling however caller elections crossed galore countries had witnessed governmental polarisation, illicit backing flows, online and offline aggression and integer misinformation, Casas-Zamora besides raised concerns implicit outright predetermination denialism, with politicians from the US, Peru, Georgia and Bangladesh "using spurious arguments to question credible results". He said that 2024 saw 1.6 cardinal radical casting ballots successful 74 nationalist elections, including India.
"Yet, planetary electoral turnout that twelvemonth was down astir 10 percent points compared to 15 years before, portion astir 40% of elections suffered immoderate signifier of quality implicit their credibility," helium pointed out.At the aforesaid time, helium said, elections had helped reverse antiauthoritarian backsliding successful Poland, Senegal, Guatemala and Brazil. "Democracy tin beryllium restored arsenic agelong arsenic electoral routes for governmental alteration stay open," helium emphasised.Speaking connected the taxable of IICDEM-2026 - ideology for an inclusive, peaceful, resilient and sustainable satellite - DG IIIDEM Rakesh Verma said that it reflects a wide and multi-dimensional knowing of what ideology indispensable present successful the 21st century.
