The Election Commission of India(ECI) is celebrating the Diamond Jubilee Year as Greater Participation for a Stronger Democracy. Read more »

Janaagraha’s ‘Jaagte Raho!’ is a programme that addresses issues of voting. From registration, preparation of voter ID card, correcting errors in details, addition of names to the electoral rolls to casting an informed vote, the programme seeks to improve processes in electoral system.

To make citizens part of the solution, Jaagte Raho! has introduced the concept of Area Voter Mitra (AVM) – a network of trained and well-informed citizens who are willing to mobilize their neighbourhoods to vote and exercise their right to good governance. Read more »

If you are not registered to vote, if there are errors in your details, if you want to change your address in your voter registration, NOW is the time to get that done.

The Election Commission of India is revising the voter lists in Bangalore between June 21, 2010 and July 6, 2010. This means you and your relatives can: Read more »

A take on how Jaagte Raho! campaign fared at the Bangalore municipal elections that were held on 28th March 2010, and where do we go from here. Read more »

After nearly four long years, Bangalore finally has a local government. The recent BBMP elections held on March 28, 2010 saw 44% of the voting population in the city turn out to elect the corporator for their respective wards.

Jaagte Raho! brings forth interesting facts emerging from  the election results on the basis of voter turnout, candidate distribution, votes share and the margins of victory. Read more »

There were many 'Know Your candidate' events that were organised by the enthusiastic Jaagte Raho team, Area Voter Mitras and volunteers on the 24th of March, all over Bangalore. We bring you event updates from the wards Gangenahalli, Govindarajanagar and Domlur.

Ganganehalli - Ward 34

Candidates:

BJP: M. Nagaraja Read more »

The BBMP elections are here finally! Get ready to elect your Ward Corporator this Sunday - 28th March 2010.

In order to vote in these elections, your name must be on the voter’s list. Read more »

“Bangalore should be one of the 20 best cities in the world” announced Mr R V Deshpande, Party President, Congress. The other parties were not lagging behind in their dreams for a ‘Suvarna’ (Golden) Bangalore. Grand visions, existing problems. Long sustaining solutions and involving Citizens were largely the points discussed in this event held at Town hall on 19th of March at 6pm. Read more »

Knowing their candidates in one of the largest wards in Bangalore was definitely not easy. (Ward 7-Byataranayapura has 50 polling booths!) Although we had a strong network of AVMs (Pramod, Chakrapani, Mamtha from ward 7, and Rekha, Saraswathi, and George from nearby ward 6) in this ward and they had the support of the Federation of RWAs of Hebbal-Kempapura area, the task was definitely not simple.

Ramp up to the event Read more »

The first Know Your Candidate event was conducted at KG Halli on March 21st. Jaagte Raho! team member Asim shares his experience on the event. Read more »