9th National Voters day is celebrated in India today on 25th January – 2019

Promotes enhanced participation of Citizens in electoral roles of the Nation

The theme of 2019 voters day is “No Voters to be left behind”

• India celebrates the 9th National voters day (Rashtriya Matdata Diwas) today on 25th January – 2019 at around 10 lakh polling stations across the country. President Ram Nath Kovind will preside the national function in this regard organized by election commission of India at Manekshaw Center.
• The significance of National Voters’ Day is to encourage more young voters to take part in the political process. It is a day to celebrate the right to vote and vibrant democracy of India. The theme of 2019 voters day is “No voters to be left behind” on consideration with upcoming Lok sabha election.
• Celebration starts with the welcome speech, several cultural events like folk dance, plays, music, drawing competition on different themes etc. are organized. In other part of India, the celebration will be facilitated by the Collectors, Deputy commissioners and Superintendent of Police as they are the main functionary of electoral roles in the district and village levels.
• Election Commission and Facebook had launched a new feature on social media Facebook to send reminder to users aged 18 years and above to take pledge to vote. Facebook and Google, two of the most popular service and platforms in India, have started reminding voters to register ahead of national voters day.

What is Voters day in India? –  a brief note

• In order to encourage more young voters to take part in the political process, Government of India has decided to as “National Voters’ Day” on the election commission’s foundation day on celebrate January 25 every year. The first voters day was started in the year 2011 marking 2019 as 9^th National voters day.
• India is a biggest democratic country in the world. Each and every citizen has basic rights to vote. He or she has right to select his leader to whomever they think is capable of lead the nation, solve the problems of common people, bring about change etc. National Voters Day is a significant root of India as future of the country lies in the leader that we choose.
• In order to effectively deal with this problem, the Election Commission has decided to take up a vigorous exercise to identify all eligible voters attaining the age of 18 years as of January 1 every year in each of the 10 lakh polling stations across the country.
• Such eligible voters would be enrolled on time and handed over their Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) on January 25 every year. The new voters would be provided with a badge with its logo “Proud to be a voter – Ready to vote”.
• The National Awards are being conferred for excellence, proficiency and innovation in election processes and procedures. These awards recognize contribution by election machinery, government department or agency or PSU or CSO and media.

The Election commission and Government maintains theme of the year on regard of Voters day every year on 25^th January starting from 2015. The following are the themes from 2011.

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