We recently ran a ‘I have Voted’ selfie contest in Bangalore to encourage greater participation in the recently conducted BBMP elections and saw amazing response from the residents of a lot of communities. While the count of individual participation was high, the % voter turnout in smaller communities was much better. Our Smart Communities leveraged the tools that we, at Commonfloor Groups provide, really well. Here are a few highlights:-
- 2 Lac + SMSes were sent from Commonfloor Groups’ SMS platform during BBMP elections, across 10000+ active communities that are hosted on our platform.
- Maximum voter turnout in certain communities was as high as 80%, much above compared to the average turn out of 50%
- Many RWAs sent SMS reminders to residents every 4 hour through Commonfloor Groups’ integrated SMS platform, appealing to go out and vote.
- Some Communities also leveraged online Notice feature provided by Commonfloor groups to post important information about election like Polling booths, checking name in voter list etc.
- Some of the communities even ran a online Poll using Commonfloor Groups Poll module, to decide whom to vote together.
- Few communities had election candidates visiting their premise for campaigning and they gather all residents by sending SMSes and online Events using Commonfloor Groups.
Overall, we are really glad that we could contribute to our vision of ‘Smart Community Living’ by helping residents choose for a ‘Smart Governance’.
Here’s a quote from Mr. Chandrasekaran Ganesh, Jt. Secretary, Royal Legend Apartment Association, Bangalore, that had a great turnout during election:-
We had a pretty enthusiastic participation from Royal Legend Apartments for the BBMP elections Selfie contest this time. The residents did came forward in big numbers to share their selfies and we uploaded it on the Commonfloor Groups portal. As the RWA, we also did our bit by arranging for individual voter slips, identifying their polling booths and Serial numbers in the rolls and communicate it to all the residents timeline using their platform. Here are some photos of our happy residents :-
We have sent out gift vouchers to all the residents who participated in the contest and uploaded their selfies. Hope you all got the gift coupons (else reach out to our support team to ask for it).
Happy & Smart Community Living!
