ECP to use Android technology for transferring LG poll results

Election commission also plans to introduce online mapping of polling stations during Islamabad LG polls

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced to make use of Android technology to transmit results of the forthcoming local government elections in Islamabad directly from the polling station to the ECP secretariat.

According to a statement, the decision was taken on Monday after an experimental use at 200 polling stations during the by-election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa few months ago.

During the election on November 30, the presiding officers will capture snapshots of the result forms using their smartphones and send it to the central computer server on real-time basis.



The images of these forms will then be time-stamped and marked with a location-based service. Only the presiding officer of the respective polling station will be able to transmit the images.

ECP spokesperson said the use of modern technology would help bring transparency, generating general public’s trust and confidence.



Meanwhile, in a first, the ECP would also be introducing online mapping of polling stations during the election as a pilot project.

Through the ECP website, voters, polling agents, media and observers will be able to locate and identify polling stations.