Parliamentary Officials across the world attend session on Election Management

Organized on the 23rd of August, 2017, the Election Commission of India hosted 51 delegates from Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ghana, Guyana, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe as a part of a session on election management in India. Attending the International Training programme at the Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training, Lok Sabha Secretariat, the delegates were addressed by Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha followed by an interaction session with senior officials from the ECI. In addition to the Q&A segment, the delegates' were also offered a glimpse of the electoral technology in use in India through a live demonstration of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) systems. .