posted on 12 February, 2021

Irrespective of the "NOTA" option the candidate with the highest vote wins. How would this influence your voting decision?

* Do more research about the contesting candidate * Vote based on popular choice * Select the NOTA option anyway

posted on 12 February, 2021

I Know What You Did This Election

34% MPs elected from General Elections 2014 have criminal charges against them. Let's look at a breakdown of candidates with criminal cases; who slipped through the system. Who we voted to power. Two powerful civil society groups have released disturbing data on the current Lok Sabha...

posted on 09 March, 2021

8 Ways To Become a Good Voter

Enough has been said about what politicians ‘do or don't’. We, the society, must learn to practice what we preach. Before we point fingers at anyone, we need to ensure that we have done our bit. Before we get politicians to take their oath to office, let's take our Pledge to Vote! ...

posted on 09 March, 2021

5 reasons why we are such lazy voters

1. We hate standing in queues Election day is a declared bank holiday. So why would we stand in long queues when we could be enjoying ourselves anywhere else? We'd rather wait in a really long line to buy tickets to the latest blockbuster movie… but waiting i...

posted on 09 March, 2021

Register to Vote in 3 Easy Steps!

Women make up 49% of the voting population, yet a large number of women are not even registered voters. This year it's time to change that! With the 1st phase of the election starting soon, ensure that you register to vote now. Follow this easy process to create your Voter ID : ...

posted on 09 March, 2021

How one state’s election could impact the entire country

Will the 2015 Bihar election be instrumental in constructing a better India? The Bihar assembly election has caught national attention for several reasons. One one hand we have the people in Bihar choosing its representatives who would hopefully work towards Bihar’s improvement, ...

posted on 09 March, 2021

What voters in Bihar need to know

As the date for Bihar’s elections to take off approaches, we wanted to take a look at the issues that Bihar’s voters want resolved. Bihar’s urban voters have identified subsidized food distribution, better schools, better education and eradication of corruption as...

posted on 09 March, 2021

Meet the Everyday Heroes - The Voters of 2014

Ink on their fingers Hope in their eyes The PowerOf49 Exercise their Rights. The biggest election in the world, General Elections 2014 are on and people from across the country are celebrating the rights democracy bestows upon them; the right to vote. Bangalore so far ha...

posted on 09 March, 2021

Who will You Vote for in the General Elections 2014?

For a month, Tata Tea Jaago Re tied up with CNN IBN to spread the message of empowering the woman voters in our country to make an informed choice and vote. The #PowerOf49 showed involved discussions with leading personalities on crucial women's issues; that women of India shared with u...

posted on 09 March, 2021

4 Women. 3 Generations. 1 Commitment

The PowerOf49 Passed Down the Generations. This is a story of four women voters from a single family. At a time when many educated people do not even register to vote - we meet a special family - where voting has been a family tradition, almost as old as the family itself. Almo...