Mumbai: As you read this, the world’s largest democracy just finished its 3rd phase of polls at the 16th Indian General Elections. Indian general election, 2014 which began earlier this week is stated to be the world’s largest election. The country’s 814 million electorate will vote in stages over the next five weeks — a spread out approach necessary for a country like India considering its vast size — to choose representatives to its 543-seat lower house of parliament.
txtWeb, a cloud-based global platform which makes content available on any mobile phone through simple SMS, in order to create awareness among the voters and help them take a informed decision this election, today announced the launch of its entire suite election related apps. These apps will allow voters and citizens to access relevant information through SMS about the political candidates contesting from their constituency, election schedule, polling booth address and lot more.
Users just have to SMS ‘@keyword’ to 51115 to access the required details.
SMS @candidates to 51115 – to get constituency wise candidates’ information
SMS @ministers to 51115 – to know financial, educational & criminal background of all politicians
SMS @elections2014 to 51115 – from latest news, election schedule to opinion polls, get everything about Indian general elections 2014
Users can also test their knowledge with fun filled political quizzes and trivia.
SMS @politicsquiz to 51115 – to assess your political knowledge
SMS @guesscd to 51115– to test your election acumen
Commenting on these apps, Manish Maheshwari, Managing Director, txtWeb, said, ‘A vast majority of Indian voters do not have mobile internet connectivity and seek information about the candidates before casting their vote. These apps let the users access all necessary and relevant information through a simple SMS. The aim of these apps is to empower all Indian voters and help them create an impact during this general election.’
These apps are currently live on Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and Tata Docomo with charges up to Re.1/SMS.
