1. By Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh
SMS Based Poll Monitoring System for U.P. State Assembly General Election 2017 By
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer,
Uttar Pradesh

2. Guidelines on SMS based Poll Monitoring
Mobile phones of RO, ARO, Sector Magistrate, Presiding Officer and Polling Officer-1 are to be registered with a given mobile number on P-3/P-2/P-1 day.
To reflect poll process related data in CEO website and better monitoring at all levels, Presiding Officers must send SMS related to the poll activities in his Polling Station, using prescribed syntax.
Presiding Officers should send the SMS on mentioned time and intervals positively.

3. Presiding Officers should type the syntax of the SMS as prescribed and should not construct their own.
Presiding Officers should be careful enough while sending Law & Order related SMS.
The Final Voter turn out report is mandatory and turnout data should match the data written on Presiding Officer’s dairy.
Sector Officers will be responsible for non-registration of PO/PO-I and they will ensure registration by P-1 day positively.
All will receive confirmation messages after successful registration
RO/ARO/SO will receive exception SMS on non-receipt of SMS from the Presiding Officers.

4. Send your SMS in the following mobile no.
SMS NUMBER

5. POLL Registration ( Poll – 7 day )
Registration of RO/ARO/SO
UPVSEL RO
UPVSEL ARO
UPVSEL SO
Keyword – UPVSEL
District Code
123 – AC Number
12 – Sector Number

6. POLL Registration ( P-3/P-4 day )
Registration of PO/PO-1
UPVSEL PO
UPVSEL PO-I
Keyword – UPVSEL
District Code
123 – AC Number
12 – Sector Number

7. Report on Receiving EVM & Stationary Bag on movement place
POLL REPORT (P-1/2 day)
Report on Receiving EVM & Stationary Bag on movement place
EVMBAG : EVMBAG – Polling Party reached at movement place and received EVM & BAG

8. Report on Safe Arrival at Polling Station
POLL REPORT (P-1/2 day)
Report on Safe Arrival at Polling Station
SAP : SAP – Polling Party Safely
Arrived at the Polling station

9. Report on Ceiling of Stron Room
POLL REPORT (P-1/2 day)
Report on Ceiling of Stron Room
EVMC : Ceiling of EVM Strong Room

10. Report on Mock Poll Conducted and Attendance of Polling agents
POLL Report ( Poll day)
Report on Mock Poll Conducted and Attendance of Polling agents
MP 04 : MP – Mock poll Conducted , Last 2 digits stand for Total Attendance of Polling agents
Report on Poll Started
PS : PS – Poll Started

11. POLL Report ( Poll day)
Report on 2 hourly Poll Progress ( 9 AM , 11 AM , 1 PM , 3 PM ,
5 PM, & 6 PM )
Example: : Total 543 number of Voters who exercised their votes till a particular time
( may be at 1 pm).
Check the total, type 543 & send SMS to
This figure should be cumulative in respect of every 2 hours.

12. POLL Report ( Poll day)
Report on 2 hourly Total No. of Voters in queue at ( 11 AM , 1 PM , 3 PM ,
5 PM, & 6 PM )
Example: : Q 20 : Q- Stands for Total No. of Voters in queue at 11:00 PM
( may be at 11 pm).
Check the total, type Q20 & send SMS to
This figure should be cumulative in respect of every 2 hours.

13. Report on Final Voter Turnout Report after reaching RC
POLL Report (Poll day)
Report on Voters in Queue at 6 PM
Q 112 : Q- Stands for Total No. of Voters in queue at 6:00 PM
Report on Final Voter Turnout
VT 790 : VT – Stands for Voters Turnout, Total Voter Turn out at the end of Polling
Report after reaching RC
SARC : SARC – Stands for Safe Arrival of Polling party at Receiving Centre

14. POLL Problem Reporting ( Poll day )
By Presiding Officer/ Polling Officer
Problem of EVM Non-Functioning
EVM : indicates Electronic Voting
Machine Problem
Problem of Law & Order
LW : Indicates Law & Order Problem
Other Problem
OTH : OTH – Indicates Other Problem

15. POLL Problem Reporting ( Poll day )
By Presiding Officer/ Polling Officer
Problem of EVM Non-Functioning Resolved
EVMR : indicates Electronic Voting
Machine Problem
Problem of Law & Order resolved
LWR : Indicates Law & Order Problem
Other Problem Resolved
OTHR : OTH – Indicates Other Problem

16. POLL MONITORING OUTGOING SMS CONFIRMATIONS
POLL Registration ( Latest By P – 3 days ) Registration of RO :You have been successfully registered as the RO for AC 001 Registration of ARO : You have been successfully registered as the ARO for AC 001 Registration of SO :You have been successfully registered as the SO for PS No. 1,2,3,4,5,5,10,15 under AC 001

17. POLL MONITORING OUTGOING SMS CONFIRMATIONS
POLL Registration (Poll– 1/2 day)
Registration of Presiding Officer/ Polling Officer
You have been successfully
registered as the PRO/PO for
PS No. 001 under AC 001

18. POLL MONITORING OUTGOING SMS CONFIRMATIONS TO RO / ARO / SECTOR Officers
Problem of EVM Non-Functioning
Problem of EVM Reported at PS
No Immediate Action Requested.
Problem of Law & Order
Problem of Law & Order Reported at PS No Immediate Action Requested
Other Problem
Other Problem Reported at PS No. 001.
Immediate Action Requested

19. TO RO / ARO / SECTOR Officers
Exception Reporting
(Poll – 1/2 day & Poll day)
TO RO / ARO / SECTOR Officers
Safe Arrival from DC to Polling Stations :Updates of Safe Arrival not recd for PS 1,2,5,18,21,34,87,54
Mock Poll Conducted :Updates of Mock Poll not recd for PS 1,2,5,18,21,34,87,54
Poll Started :Updates of Poll Start time not recd for PS 1,2,5,18,21,34,87,54

20. TO RO / ARO / SECTOR Officers
Exception Reporting
( Poll day & Poll – 1/2 day)
TO RO / ARO / SECTOR Officers
9 AM Poll Status Update :Poll Status Update at 9 AM not recd for PS 1,2,5,18,21,34,87,54
11 AM Poll Status Update :Poll Status Update at 11 AM not recd for PS 1,2,5,18,21,34,87,54

21. TO RO / ARO / SECTOR Officers
Exception Reporting
( Poll day/ Poll – 1 day)
TO RO / ARO / SECTOR Officers
1 PM Poll Status Update :Poll Status Update at 1 PM not recd for PS 1,2,5,18,21,34,87,54
3 PM Poll Status Update :Poll Status Update at 3 PM not recd for PS 1,2,5,18,21,34,87,54
5 PM Poll Status Update :Poll Status Update at 5 PM not recd for PS 1,2,5,18,21,34,87,54

22. Exception Reporting - Poll day TO RO / ARO / SECTOR Officers
6 PM Poll Status Update :Poll Status Update at 6 PM not recd for PS 1,2,5,18,21,34,87,54
Voters in queue at 6 PM :Voters in queue report not recd for PS 1,2,5,18,21,34,87,54
Voter Turnout Report :Voters turnout report not recd for PS 1,2,5,18,21,34,87,54
Safe Arrival at RC :Safe Arrival at RC report not recd for PS 1,2,5,18,21,34,87,54

23. Presiding Officers/ Polling Personnel have to send 18 SMS
SYNOPSIS
Presiding Officers/ Polling Personnel have to send 18 SMS
Registration
EVM & Stationary Bag Received
Safe Arrival at Polling Station
Mock Poll
Poll Start
2 Hourly report : 9 AM
2 Hourly report : 11 AM & Voter in Queue
2 Hourly report : 1 PM & Voter in Queue
2 Hourly report : 3 PM & Voter in Queue
2 Hourly report : 5 PM & Voter in Queue
Voters in Queue
VTR
Safe Arrival at Receiving Centre
Ceiling of EVM Strong Room

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