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The truth about Rule 49 (O)

Forget that email which you received and what your friends are telling you!
Here are the facts about Section 49 (O) of Conduct of Election Rules
What exactly does the rule say?

49 (O) Elector deciding not to vote.
If an elector, after his electoral roll number has been duly entered in the
register of voters in Form-17A and has put his signature or thumb impression
thereon as required under sub-rule (1) of rule 49L, decided not to record
his vote, a remark to this effect shall be made against the said entry in
Form 17A by the presiding officer and the signature or thumb impression of
the elector shall be obtained against such remark.
(From Conduct of Election Rules (Statutory Rules and Order) 1[Chapter II]
Voting by Electronic Voting Machine)

Can using Rule 49 (O) lead to a re-poll?
The Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra, has clarified that "The
presumption that there shall be a re-poll in case 'none of the above' votes
are more than the votes cast to a candidate, is totally wrong and
misleading. Beyond the fact that such a vote can be cast under Rule 49 (O),
there is no rule of re-poll on the basis of number of votes polled under
such rule. This is only a rumour going on for some time without anyone
trying to get it confirmed with any authority."

Recently, the Election Commission of India in an official statement said
that "the candidate who polls the highest number of votes would be declared
the winner even if the ballots cast under the no-voting facility exceeds his
winning margin. The Commission said Rule 49 (O) of the Conduct of Elections
allowed the electorate the option to not vote for any candidate. This did
not mean that an election would be invalidated if the number of such voters
is more than the candidate's victory margin."

How to make every vote count?

Using 49 (O) is not the way to show that your vote counts this is a negative
vote that shows that you could not decide whom to support from amongst the
available candidates.

Read the full article on
http://www.karmayog.org/karmayogmedia/karmayogmedia_22607.htm

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