 bill no 256 of 2015 the representation of the people (amendment) bill, 2015 byshri shrirang appa barne, mp a billfurther to amend the representation of people act, 1951be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—43 of 19512 after section 61a of the representation of the people act, 1951, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 61b online voting of elections5''61b notwithstanding anything contained in this act or the rules made thereunder or  in any other law for the time being in force, the giving and recording of votes through online voting in such manner as may be prescribed, may be adopted in such constituency or constituencies or from any place as the election commission may specify'' statement of object and reasonsindia is one of the largest democracy in the world about 75 crore population are participating in the election process the election process of our country has been appreciated by one and all throughout the world it has been free, fair and transparent earlier people used to record their votes in slips and put those slips in ballot boxes which were later transported to the counting centre for counting the counting process used to take about two days the election commission did very well to introduce electronic coting machine now, people have to record their votes in the electronic voting machine and only a few voting machines are required to be carried to the counting centre and counting is finished on the same day it is taken up with the introduction of electronic voting machine, the irregularities in the voting process has decreased manifoldlikewise, computers are used in large numbers for many activities like banking, making payment, booking of tickets, etc the computers can also be used for online voting which would be beneficial in many ways the voter need not go to polling booth and the percentage of voting would definitely increase as people are scared to come out in open because of possible violence on the polling day the election commission can device a mechanism through which votes can be given and recorded online by the votersthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivenew delhi;shrirang  appa  barnenovember 16, 2015 lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the representation of people act, 1951————(shri shrirang appa barne, mp)gmgipmrnd—2938ls(s3)—01122015