Bihar Assembly election 2020

Introduction

Bihar Legislative Assembly elections will be held in Bihar in October 2020 to elect 243 members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The term of current assembly elected in 2015 will expire on 29 November 2020.This will be a fight between JDU led NDA and RJD led UPA.
Bihar Polls 2020 Can Nitish Kumar Fulfil Promises Amid Lockdown
As India reels under the COVID-19 crisis and the ensuing lockdown, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has another reason to worry. Assembly elections are set to be held in the state in the latter half of 2020. Under normal circumstances, by this time, all political leaders in the state would have begun drawing up poll strategies, campaigning and working against the clock to fulfill all promises made to the people.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, had made seven promises to the people of his state when he was elected to power in 2015. The deadline to fulfill these promises was June 2020. But with the lockdown now extended to 31 May, meeting this deadline could be tough.

As Leadtech Consulting Management Pvt. Ltd don’t worry we provide you a solution.

Due to corona virus pandemic

Corona virus outbreak effected every sector of society. And politics sector is also one among this. But we think our firm can work better for Bihar election during this corona virus by making good plans and strategies.
First we will set a goal , target the voters and their choices and preferences.
And here we are with some strategies by which our firm can work for Bihar election during this pandemic.
As lockdown is lifted and social distancing will continue to remain an established norm, which means mass rallies, mass protests and small public meeting may not be possible.so by seeing this scenario we have to focus more on technology. Social media newly created customized app, we will seek to penetrate the homes and mind of voters by:
- Banner advertisement will be placed on various websites of internet during the peak months of Bihar election drive traffic to our website 103.163.58.156:4216/leadtech/
- Websites could be selected for promotion on the basis of population interest and traffic generated on it such as gaana app, Wikipedia, blogspot.com, WordPress, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.

According to recent report

According to recent report political parties are extremely tapping social media influencer.
So we can do the same for Bihar election, we can help political parties by suggesting them to contact with some social media influencer ahead of the election to push their messages because common people easily get persuaded by social media influencer.

Leadtech message plan

For getting our messages out we have to focus more on print, television and digital advertising.

Print- Magazines are the ideal way of reaching the specific target and they also have a longer readership than other forms of print media .The goal of the magazine advertisement is to directly promote leadtech political campaign (bihar elections)

Hoardings– Bihar literacy rate is so low that our firm should focus more in pictorial form of advertising rather than in wordly form. So before election hoarding should be placed in different location in pictorial form to create awareness about the election

Banner – Advertisement will be placed on various websites of internet during the peak months of Bihar election drive traffic to our website 103.163.58.156:4216/leadtech/

Websites– Could be selected for promotion on the basis of population interest and traffic generated on it such as Gaana app, Wikipedia, Blogspot.com, WordPress, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.

Television – For this the animation advertisement take place such as 2D and 3D

Volunteering

There should be awareness in political booth so the firm can use their manpower for volunteering, because covid-19 has caused many deaths to our country and we can’t become responsible for another one due to their political campaign, so we have to be more focused on proper personal distancing by volunteering people.
Also firm can provide pouches in the term of sanitization for use and throw, which will be quite cheap and best for firm and voters.

Media scheduling

After making the strategies and plans for the election, we need to give focus on the media schedule as well with key aspects of :-

Continuity
Frequency
Reach

Continuity:-

Our banner advertisement should be run on Social media for 2 months to promote company Leadtech Management Consulting pvt. Ltd (elections campaign )as well as in magazines for 2 months on weekends the advertisement will come … And on television also till the end of elections.

Frequency :-

The print advertisement frequency is 2 month election campaign where the political parties promotion should be done 2 months in magazines . The frequency of social media would be placed in the hand of whoever is doing the marketing for Leadtech Management company (election campaign ) . There should be daily 3 posts put on Facebook and by using Twitter we will twits about the election campaign . The frequency of television for election campaign comes daily on every news channel Aaj Tak, Zee News , Ndtv , etc By doing all these things people come to know about Bihar elections as well as our company .

Reach :-

The reach of our election very high we should try to reach our target audiences with the help of social media , print media and electronics media .

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2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election

Due to corona pandemic, Bihar 2020 legislative assembly elections may be postponed for six months. President rule may be imposed if the situation does not improve.

With no signs of repeal of Covid-19, the Bihar Assembly elections, which are less than 160 days apart, are likely to be postponed and President’s rule will be implemented in the state, sources in the Election Commission and in Delhi Political institutions have indicated.

As per rules, the election process in the state is to be completed by 12 November 2015. It is pertinent to mention that in 2015, elections in Bihar were held in five phases which started from 12 October and lasted till 5 November.

A Union minister told The Sunday Guardian: “It is too early to say anything, but the option of postponing the election is being discussed. If the situation does not change (in relation to Covid-19) in the coming weeks, then representatives of all parties will have to sit together and call. We cannot put the lives of so many people in danger. The election process involves mobilization of people and this is not appropriate in the present circumstances. We have adequate provisions in the Constitution to deal with such developments. “

South Korea model simulation of organized elections?

On 23 April, Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa had stated that the Election Commission was considering the way South Korea had conducted its parliamentary polls on 15 April amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

However, while it may sound very good that top Delhi-based officers in the Election Commission of India are looking to emulate the South Korean model, the difference between Bihar and South Korea is likely to bring a rude shock to those who think that the model executed in South Korea will be successful in Bihar.

How did South Korea conduct its elections?

Out of the almost 4.40 crore people of the entire 5.16 crore total population of South Korea, who were eligible to vote, 66% or 2.9 crore turned up to vote. The population density of South Korea, where literacy rate is 97%, is 503 people per square kilometer.

The over 14,000 polling booths in the country were extensively disinfected and the temperature of the voters was checked at the polling booth entrance. All the electoral officials were given PPE suits. Anyone who was found to have more than normal temperature was sent to a designated area from where they could cast their vote. It was made compulsory for voters to use hand sanitizers and wear disposable plastic gloves before entering the booth to cast their ballots. Covid-19 infected patients and people in self-isolation were also able to exercise their voting right as special voting booths were set up at government-run isolation centers, while those under self-quarantine were allowed to leave their homes to vote after polling booths was closed to the public at 6 p.m.

What is the same number in Bihar?

The population of Bihar as per the 2011 census was 10.30 crore which is expected to be more than 12 crore now, more than twice that of South Korea.

Bihar is India’s most densely populated state with a population density of 1,106 people per sq km, with Patna having a density of 1,803 per square km. The state’s literacy rate is 64%. As per Election Commission officials based in Patna, the number of voters in the state is around 7.19 crore, almost double that of South Korea.

The numbers of senior citizen voters in the state are: 60-69 years (64 lakh), 70-79 years (3.09 crore) and 80 years plus (13 lakh). In effect, close to 4 crore voters are those who are most vulnerable to Covid-19. Till 6 May, Bihar had conducted 29,500 tests out of which 550 were found to be Covid-19 positive.

For the 243 Assembly seats, the number of polling booths that the Election Commission has created are 72723, almost five times that of South Korea.

In the 2015 polls, 750 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (one company has roughly 150-250) men and almost 3.27 lakh polling personnel were deployed for a free and fair elections.

“In South Korea, strict social distancing norms were followed even during the campaigning with the candidates not allowed to come in close contact with the voters during canvassing. How do you expect that to be repeated in Bihar where last time there were 3,500 contestants who moved around almost 140 towns and 45,000 villages? Who will stop them from handshaking or taking a garland from their supporters? Will they give PPE suits to almost 5-6 lakh officials and security forces who will be engaged in conducting the polls? How will the polling officers in booths ensure social distancing in populated places? Officers sitting in Delhi come up with fancy ideas which are impossible to execute on the ground. The South Korea model is not feasible on the ground. We hope that we are not pushed to do something that cannot be done,” a Patna-based government official, who has been part of multiple polling exercises, said.

The Election Commission can also go for the Indonesian model, if it has to go for a foreign model. On 4 May, Indonesian President Joko Widodo signed a law that allowed the postponement of the regional elections that were slated to be held in the country on 23 September to December or even longer depending on the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic in the world’s fourth most populous nation.

Responding to The Sunday Guardian’s queries on holding of elections in Bihar, Election Commission spokesperson Sheyphali Sharan said that the updates regarding the issue of Bihar and whether the EC was considering emulating the “South Korean’ model was shared on the ECI website.

The Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar, H.R. Srinivasa, did not respond to The Sunday Guardian’s calls and text messages, seeking response to how the election body was preparing for the elections scheduled for October.

source SUNDAY GUARDIAN LIVE 2020