MapmyIndia launches election website

NEW DELHI, INDIA: MapmyIndia, a provider in digital map data and consumer navigation services, today announced the launch of its public service website http://elections.mapmyindia.com to help voters in India make an informed choice on issues that matter to them during the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

MapmyIndia’s detailed and highly accurate India maps features exhaustive data on constituencies, like population, literacy ratio, area amongst others and information on parties, candidates and their track record, the elections website places a wealth of information and analysis for voters to refer to.

It has also joined hands with NoCriminals.org in providing this information on candidates. One notable feature of the site is that of constituency boundaries being marked on the digital maps.

Due to the constituency delimitation exercise since the last polls, voters now have a quick reference to see which polling booth they can go to cast their vote, the release added.

The site also serves as an effective platform for agencies, parties, party supporters and general citizens to get quick analysis results.

“MapmyIndia has always been a socially conscious organization and has made available access to high quality data like driving directions or location of nearest points like hospitals, ATMs, etc,” Rakesh Verma, managing director, MapmyIndia.

“For the upcoming Indian elections, MapmyIndia wants to play a role in strengthening Indian democracy by providing the electorate a freely available source of information at our portal so that users can cast their vote after analysis of relevant information on their candidates and constituencies,” he added.

The other features offered by site are search your parliamentary constituency, In-depth analysis of political parties and constituencies, constituencies and their area, polls and forums, track record of politicians, the release added.