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Member of an Electoral Management Body/Election Commission

Debashis Sen

I am the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, India. I am in charge of maintaining electoral data base of 48 million voters, and issuing them photo IDs. I am in charge of conducting elections in 294 assembly constituencies and 42 parliamentary constituencies, using Electronic Voting Machines. I am member of a National Committee on electoral reforms. I have more than 12 years' electoral experience in various capacities. My latest management of General Elections 2006 has earned me very good feedback in terms of fairness and neutrality from the citizens as well as the media. My personal website is at http://debashisen.googlepages.com/home . I am a serving permanent civil servant belonging to the Indian Administrative Service with 22 years' experience as on today. I have a diploma in Public Administration from the ENA, Paris, France. I have a Masters' degree in science.

Thematic Areas of Expertise

Boundary Delimitation
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Elections and Technology
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Participation
Gender and Elections
Media and Elections
Parties and Candidates
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voter Turnout

Contributions to the ACE Network by Debashis Sen

Title Date
Re: Biometric voter verification in Ghana Jan 28, 2012
Re: Strategies used by the electorate to protect their vote Oct 29, 2011
Re: Criteria for selection of Electoral Commissioners Jul 11, 2010
Re: Elections before/after power-sharing agreement in the Palestinian Territories? Jul 27, 2009
Re: Resources for registrars of political parties Jul 21, 2009
Re: Vetting electoral candidates Sep 19, 2008
Re: Manually counting ballots in Block Vote systems Jun 09, 2008
Re: Methods of Promoting Internal Democracy in Political Parties May 06, 2008
Re: Restrictions for candidate and party registration Mar 12, 2008
Re: Voting facilities for prisoners Mar 04, 2008
Re: Ensuring voter privacy for those voting electronically in San Francisco Jan 07, 2008
Re: Electoral districts for greater accountability Nov 20, 2007
Re: "After-the-event" assessment of elections Oct 24, 2007
Re: Involvement of the head of state in electoral campaign Oct 13, 2007
Re: Observation accreditation of interpreters and local embassy staff Oct 01, 2007
Re: Absentee voting facilities in Bhutan Sep 13, 2007
Re: Voter registry information via SMS text messages Jul 20, 2007
Re: UNDP guidelines on prevention of election violence Jul 03, 2007
Re: Family and proxy voting in Macedonia May 28, 2007
Re: The use of a Photo Voter Roll May 24, 2007