Mock Poll on Polling Day

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJanuary 19, 2023

The Election Commission of India has direct that a mock poll should be conducted on poll day 90 minutes before start of actual poll.

The mock poll is conducted by casting at least 50 votes at every polling station, in the presence of polling agents of the candidates and the electronic result of the Control Unit and the VVPAT slips count are tallied and shown to them.

A certificate of successful conductof mock poll shall be made by the Presiding Officers in Presiding Officer’s Report.

Immediately after mock poll, the CLEAR button on Control Unit(CU) is pressed to clear the data of the mock poll and the fact that no votes are recorded in the CU is displayed to the Polling Agents present.

The Presiding Officer also ensures that all mock pollslips shall be taken out from the VVPAT and kept in separate marked envelope before the start of Poll.

After mock poll, EVMs and VVPATs are sealed in the presence ofpolling agents and signature of polling agents are obtained onseals, before starting actual poll.