Question

Different methods of voting in the lok sabha

Answer 1

There is only one method of voting in Lok Sabha election for general people-
EVM (Electronic Voting Machine)

However, for the members of the army and other armed forces posted away from home vote by different methods.

And, the government officials, police, and armed forces doing election duty vote in other method.

If your question was something else, please ask me in the comments.

Answer 2

Methods of Voting in Loksabha
Feb 20, 2015
Matters in parliamentary democracy are generally decided by voting. In parliamentary parlance this is called ‘Division’, i.e. dividing the House to decide a matter by majority vote. Every matter requiring the decision of the House is decided by means of a question put by the Chairman on a motion made by a Member. After the motion has been moved, the Speaker formally proposes or places the motion for consideration of the House. At the end of the debate on the motion, he puts the motion for the decision of the House in the following terms:

The procedure regarding Voting and Divisions in the House is governed by article 100(1) of the Constitution and Rules 367, 367A, 367AA and 367B of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha. The various methods adopted for voting in the Lok Sabha are:

A) Voice Vote: A voice vote — or as it is called in Hindi, a muh zubaan — is a process of voting where the Speaker calls out to the members of the house and asks for their consent. When a motion is put to vote, the speaker says, ‘Those in the favour of the motion say Aye and those opposing it say No.’ According to the voice vote, the speaker then decides whether the Bill has been accepted or rejected by the House.

It is a simple method for deciding a question put by the Chair on a motion made It is considered the simplest and quickest of voting methods used by deliberative assemblies. It is is based on the presumption that the government has a majority in the House. Recently in 2014 the Maharashtra Speaker’s decision to adopt the motion expressing confidence in the Devendra Fadnavis government by a voice vote has created a precedent that can be more controversial in situations in which the numbers are not as clear as in this case, even as the validity of the action itself remains a point of debate.

A voice vote can only be held with the consent of all the members in the house, Even if one member doesn't give his or her consent in favour of a voice vote, then the house cannot proceed with a voice vote but it has to go for a division vote.

B) Division: There are three methods of holding a Division, i.e.

(i) By operating the Automatic Vote Recording Equipment;

(ii) by distributing ` Ayes' and ` Noes' slips in the House; and

(iii) by members going into the Lobbies. The Speaker directs the members for "Ayes" to go to the right Lobby and those for "Noes" to the left Lobby where their votes are recorded. However, the method of recording of votes in the Lobbies has become obsolete ever since the installation of the Automatic Vote Recording Machine.

C) Secret Ballot: During an 'open' voting period, the individual results are shown by the three characters 'A', 'N' and 'O' on the Individual Result Display Panel. Secret voting, if any, is on similar lines except that the Light Emitting Diode (LED) on the Individual Result Display Panel shows ‘P’ sign in amber light to show that the vote has been recorded.

D) Recording of votes by distribution of slips: The method of recording of votes by members on ` Aye' and ` No' slips is generally resorted to in the eventuality of

(i) sudden failure of the working of the Automatic Vote Recording Equipment; and
(ii) at the commencement of the new Lok Sabha, before the seats/division numbers have been allotted to members.

E) Physical count of Members in their places instead of a formal division: If in the opinion of the Chair, a Division is unnecessarily claimed, he/she may ask the members who are for ` Aye' and those for ` No', respectively, to rise in their places and on a count being taken, he/she may declare the determination of the House. In such a case, the particulars of voting of the members are not recorded.

F) Casting Vote: If in a Division the number of ` Ayes' and ` Noes' is equal, the question is decided by the casting vote of the Chair. Under the Constitution, the Speaker or the person acting as such cannot vote in a Division; he/she has only a casting vote which he/she must exercise in the case of equality of votes.