Lok Sabha elections 2019: Google Doodle celebrates polls

Google once again recognized the ongoing mega poll exercise in India with a doodle that featured an inked finger, which when clicked led users to a page explaining the voting procedure.

The search engine giant had taken note of the Lok Sabha election 2019 on April 11 also, the phase 1 of the seven-phase elections, with a similar doodle.

This doodle’s reach was only for India where the world’s largest democratic exercise in underway.

The interactive doodle page contained information to help the first-time voters in the country. It has topics such as how to vote, how to indetify a polling booth etc.

Voting for the 543 Lok Sabha seats is being held in seven phases: April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. Counting would take place on May 23.

Ninety-one Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 18 states and two Union Territories voted in the first-phase on April 11.

On April 18, 95 seats across 11 states and one UT are voting.

The doodle explains the voting process at a polling booth and also gave several details:

*First polling official will check your name on the voter list and check your ID proof

*Second polling official will ink your finger, give you a slip and take your signature on a register (Form 17A)

*You will have to deposit the slip at the third polling official and show your inked finger and then proceed to the polling booth

*Record your vote by pressing the ballot button opposite the symbol of the candidate of your choice on the EVM; You will hear a beep sound

*Check the slip that appears in the transparent window of the VVPAT machine. The slip with the Candidate serial No., Name and Symbol shall be visible for 7 seconds before it drops in the sealed VVPAT box

*You can press NOTA, None of the Above, if you don’t like any candidate; it’s the last button on the EVM

Conversation opened. 1 read message.Skip to contentUsing HT Digital Mail with screen readersbhavneet 8 of about 146Coverage plan | Phase 2 of votingInboxxBhavneet Singh Aurora via htmedia.onmicrosoft.com Attachments12:24 AM (7 hours ago)to realtime, NilanjanaTranslate messageTurn off for: IndonesianHi,Below is the coverage plan:===========================================================SEO recommendations are in, please follow those. mail from Deepika Rai at 4.58 pm yesterday6 AM:Live blog to publish with headline: Lok sabha election 2019 phase 2 voting live updatesOnce published headline to change to:Lok Sabha elections Phase 2 LIVE Updates: Voting on 95 seats in phase 2 to begin shortlyAt 7 am, headline should change to: Lok Sabha elections Phase 2 LIVE Updates: Voting on 95 seats in phase 2 beginsSend live blog link to SEO as soon as it is publishedALERT AT 7 AM (WITH LIVE COPY)Voting begins in 95 seats in round 2 of Lok Sabha elections; Odisha also votes for new assembly | UpdatesAlert at 7.30 AM (PUSH WITH HEADER: Phase 2 of jumbo poll exercise underway today, here’s a look at the key contests) // published // https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/the-hot-seats-of-2019-lok-sabha-elections-phase-2/story-FSat5DxGPQH4EyoHSRDu8N.html---------------------------------------Print: Flap lead can be curtain raiserHeadline for wrap that will become lead at 6am:Lok Sabha polls: Voting in phase 2 today, holds key to opposition plansAt 7 am, with suitable changes to intro, it will change to:Lok Sabha polls: Voting in phase 2 begins, holds key to opposition plans(publish and take as lead at 6 am/can send deep link around 7.30 am)This copy should be replaced by 830 am or so with latest wrap.--------------------------------------- Statewise stories are ready (some published, others to be published at half hour durations starting 3am onwards // please save links and mail those out separately):1.Constituency profiles of all 95 constituencies – Published2. Stats from 13 states/UT going to polls -- Published3. Key contests –published4. Overall wrap from print5. All you need to know about phase two with hypher links to all seats-- (in methode ready // needs hyper linking for states whose stories are not published in below list)6. Odisha Assembly curtainraiser, to be published :Naveen Patnaik’s both seats will vote tomorrow7. Curtainraisers for all states done. 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(Karnataka)Political heat rises in northern hill seats (Bengal)Will citizenship bill row hurt the NDA? (Assam/Bengal) (can be sent as deep link)Big test for Naveen as focus shifts to western Odisha3-tier security ahead of polling in Srinagar (USE AS STATE COPY)Parties face changing caste allegiances (Chhattisgarh)Long-running drought and farm crisis are main election issues (Maharashtra) (can be sent as deep link)BJP looks to retain key heartland seats (UP)Test for RJD-Cong to ensure vote consolidation (Bihar)Do remember, there are KBK graphics as well as the table code (attached) that needs to be embedded in all phase 2 stories--------------------Who does what:Shatabdi: Shifthead + alerts + competition mappingSusmita: Liveblog // foreign agencies + filingKirti: Agencies: PTI/IANS/ANI + filingKanishka (to come in at 10): Take over LiveblogMayur: First push + competition mapping + alertsGargi: Main copy + alerts // Aloke to take over main copy once he’s in Meenakshi: First push + editing copiesPrabhash: Copies + first pushAnubha/Nandini: Print to WebEvening shift: Bhavneet (1pm), Niyati, Prashasti, SohiniAttachments area

First Published: Apr 18, 2019 08:16 IST