Election Commission launched “Election Visitors Programme 2014”

Election Commission of India (ECI) launched the Election Visitors Programme (EVP) 2014. The EVP 2014 was launched as a part of South-South Cooperation initiative of the ECI in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). On the day of launch, seven senior officials from Namibia began their participation in the EVP 2014 and left for the Karnataka State where the elections held on 17 April 2014.

As part of the EVP 2014, 50 foreign delegates from Election Management Bodies of 20 countries will visit India to have a first-hand experience of Lok Sabha Elections 2014.This is the first time that ECI is facilitating election visits from other countries on such a scale and under a structured programme.

The 20 countries which will be visiting India as part of EVP 2014 are Namibia, Nigeria, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Uganda, Kenya, Bhutan and some member-countries of League of Arab States (Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Morocco, Somalia, Palestine, Iraq and Oman).

Election Commission of India
Information Sheet – 2014 Election Visitors Programmes
State	Delegation from (no of delegates)
17 April 2014
Karnataka (Bangalore, Mysore)	Namibia  (7 officials)
24 April 2014
Uttar Pradesh (Agra)	Nigeria (1 official)
	Lesotho (1 official)
	Malaysia  (1 official)
	Mauritius  (1 official)
	Myanmar  (1 official)
30 April 2014
West Bengal (Howrah)	Nepal (14 officials)
07 May 2014
Himachal Pradesh (Shimla)	League of Arab States* (15 officials)
	Uganda ( 1 official)
	Kenya (1 official)
	Bhutan (1 official)

* -> from Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Morocco, Somalia, Palestine, Iraq, Egypt and Oman