Status after Excess distribution of Vikash Jain

Rank	Name	Panel	Total	1st Pref
1	Purushottam Khandelwal	A	638	638
2	Vikash Jain	A	292	208
3	Aniket Talati	A	268	196
4	Chintan Patel	I	211	179
5	Amrish Patel	A	206	170
6	Satyandra Jha	A	188	153
7	Hersh Jani	B	167	151
8	Hiren Shah	B	163	141
9	Mukesh Parikh	A	163	141
10	Bishan Shah	B	135	119
11	Pradeep Tulsian	I	130	105
12	Sonal Dave	A	94	67
13	Bhaumil Patel	B	87	78
14	Murtuza Pulavwala	B	30	25

Status after Excess distribution of Purushottam

Here is the status:

Rank	Name	Panel	Total	1st Pref
1	Purushottam Khandelwal	A	638	638
2	Vikash Jain	A	292	208
3	Aniket Talati	A	268	196
4	Chintan Patel	I	207	179
5	Amrish Patel	A	202	170
6	Satyandra Jha	A	184	153
7	Hersh Jani	B	165	151
8	Hiren Shah	B	161	141
9	Mukesh Parikh	A	161	141
10	Bishan Shah	B	134	119
11	Pradeep Tulsian	I	127	105
12	Sonal Dave	A	92	67
13	Bhaumil Patel	B	85	78
14	Murtuza Pulavwala	B	30	25

Vikash and Aniket likely to hit the quota from Excess of Purushottam

So now with the announcement of the excess of Purushottam, Vikash Jain and Aniket Talati are likely to be declared elected and achieve the quota.

Purushottam declared elected

Purushottam Khandelwal decalred elected. He secured 638 first preference votes. is excess votes of 375 will now be distributed based on the second preference votes.

The excess distribution of Purushottam is now very important and make the picture more clear. I understand Viksh Jain will be the highes beneficiary of this distribution. Once the distribution in done, Vikash Jain will achieve the quota and will be declared elected. So it is now clear the second to be elected is Vikash Jain.

In my understanding, the Vikash Jain's excess will also be distributed and it will go to third level. This is surely going to take lots of time and it is sure to have this whole night spent in the counting process.

The biggest surprise is the Hiren D Shah. Everyone expecting him to cross 200 votes as first preference, but hard luck.  But he is still in race. The elimination from Bhaumil, Murtuza and all others in his panel will make him stronger and he looks like to manage to get in managing committee.

So at this moment, here is the status:

Elected:
Purushottam Khandelwal

Sure to Win:
Vikash Jain
Aniket Talati

Sure to Loose bad luck to them:
Murtuza Pulavwala
Sonal Dave 
Bhaumil Patel

Rest all are in the race and waiting for the distribution of excess of Purushottam.

First preference Votes. Purushottam 638 Votes

Sr. No.	Rank	Name	Panel	Total	1st Pref
5	1	Purushottam Khandelwal	A	638	638
2	2	Vikash Jain	A	208	208
13	3	Aniket Talati	A	196	196
9	4	Chintan Patel	I	179	179
7	5	Amrish Patel	A	170	170
4	6	Satyandra Jha	A	153	153
3	7	Hersh Jain	B	151	151
6	8	Mukesh Parikh	A	141	141
12	8	Hiren Shah	B	141	141
11	10	Bishan Shah	B	119	119
14	11	Pradeep Tulsian	I	105	105
8	12	Bhaumil Patel	B	78	78
1	13	Sonal Dave	A	67	67
10	14	Murtuza Pulavwala	B	25	25

Finish line drawn and guestimate is there

Who are those 8 who will sit in the Ahmedabad branch as managing committee members?

The finish line is drawn. The thrilling roller coaster ride awaiting for the candidates. Purushottam seem to have secured more than 600 votes. His excess votes will change the fate of many candidates because his excess will give around half vote to each of the candidates who were voted second in the ballots of Purushottam.

Please note, this is all gues-stimate. Wait for the final counts on this blog..

Bhaumil, Sonal and Murtuza seems sure to be eliminated

The filling of the tray is giving early indications of the candidates. It looks like the votes in the tray of Bhaumil, Sonal, and Murtuza seems to be in the bottom three and probable candidates for the initial eliminations. 

Vikas, Hiren and Chintan seems to be in good shape and are sure to see the victory.

Wait for the final counts. Action has just begun.

Purushottam is going to make history and Aniket Talati also seem to have got the good no. of votes of members.

20 votes are invalid. Purushottam leading the tally.

20 Votes are invalid. Final tally of valid votes is 2371.

The quota is 263.

The distribution o fthe votes started. Purushottam Khandelwal is leading the tally. Highest no. of votes are seen in his tray. He is going to be the highest vote getter. 

Aniket Tatati has also secured good no. of votes.

Validations of the vote started

Now is the time to validate that all the votes casted are valid. The team is on the job. They will segregate the different votes which are considered invalid for different reasons such as no 1st preference votes, ticks or marks, multiple first preference votes and so  on...

Ahmedabad has a bad track record of having a large numbers of invalid votes. This time it was publicised much. Let's see, what lessons our Ahmedabad members have learnt...

Ahmedabad branch elections: All ballots tallied

All the votes for all four polling booth tallied. Here is the details:

Booth No.	No. of Votes.
1	720
2	516
3	503
4	652
Total	2391

The vote count started.. And so the fun..

The Counting is on now. The votes in ballot boxed are being counted and tallied with the count provided by election officer.

The total no. of votes cast is 2392 and if all the votes are valid, which is not going to be, then we have a quota of 265 votes. Means any candidate, who gets more than 265 vote is elected.

Looking at this count, I understand anyone who secures more than 200 votes is in safe zone and can be elected to the branch.

Polling booth no.1 vote is tallied. The count is 720 and it is tallied.

For the polling booth no.2 the count is 516 votes and tallied.. The actual votes in the box is being counted. In the booth 2, one vote was tendered as one member's name was not appearing in the voting list, and vote was kept separately. It was decided that since the member's name was not existing in the voter list, this vote will be rejected.

For the polling booth no. 3 the total count as per election officer is 503. the votes in the box is being counted.

Please hang on for the more information.

Final vote count for Ahmedabad branch is 2392

FINAL VOTE COUNT IS 2392. The counting process begun. I invite your prediction

1900 Votes casted by 4.30

Around 1900 votes already casted by 4.30 at elections to managing committee of Ahmedabad branch. It looks like around 2300 voes would be casted by end of day till schedule time of 6.30

Vote you must: Ahmedabad branch (ICAI) elections

Each vote matters. Ask Bhailal bhai Patel who lost in his first WIRC contest by fraction of votes only. Your vote is your opinion. Every vote represents the ideas of an individual. If I favour or value something I will vote for that, even if I know one is going to loose. I vote to right candidate, I don't vote to winning candidate. If you believe in something  go out, express it by your vote and who knows the candidate representing your ideas can make it. Or who knows, your vote is the critical to stop your candidate from elimination. Once your representatives are chosen, you need to accept their ideas whether you like it or not. But this is the only time, when you can make it possible that your ideas win by going out and vote for the people who carries your ideas.

So come out and vote. Vote for anyone, but Vote you Must.

As expressed earlier, my favourite candidates for this elections are:

CA Purushottam Khandelwal (Sr. No. 5)

CA Amrish J Patel (Sr. No. 7)

The counting of votes start at 8 pm today (9th March 2013). Hooked on to this blog for the live results update as and when it happens for each count and each eliminations. Book mark this page. 

See you there at ICAI Bhawan, 123, Sardar Patel Colony..

How many votes you need to win Ahmedabad branch elections?

How many votes one need to get elected in Ahmedabad branch elections for managing committee? This is the question I am generally asked by so many contestants and their supporters. The answer of this question lies in the number of votes cast in the election to be held on 9th March 2013. So my counter question is always, how many members would turn up to cast their votes? What is your expectations? I understand the vote count would be 2700 on the higher side and the 2250 on the lowers side, so somewhere between 2250 to 2700. And that be the case, the quota would be from 250 votes to 300 votes. It means, anyone who is able to get 250 to 300 first preference votes is sure shot to be in the committee. For the rest the game depends on the pattern of the second and subsequent votes. Looking at the number of CAs in Ahmedabad, it may tempt to all contestant to think that 250 is a very small number, and one is going to win. But this doesn't happen in the real life. I have spoken to all candidates and most of them think, 300 votes is a cat walk for them. But this is not. First preference values the most and that's why it's precious and people doesn't throw it away just like that.

To get maximum of this elections, and to ensure if your favourite candidate is not able to make it, atleast your second favourite is through, you need to be alert and following are the do's and don't s:

• Please give maximum preferences. First to your favourite and then second to the next favourite and so on...
• If your two contesting friends are equal for you, in that case, please don't give 1st to both of them. The vote will get invalid and both of them might loose by one vote. You will have to identify first among equals.
• Each preference matters, and in electing 8 members of managing committee, even the lower preferences will count and will make and break future of many. If you remember in central council elections, N C Hegde got handsome first preference votes, still he couldn't make it because you couldn't get subsequent preferences and Prafulla Chhajed was much below in securing first preference votes, but could get through because of subsequent preferences. So contestants and supporters and voters, keep this in mind and keep of giving as many preferences, as you can. 
• Last but most important, don't write anything else on the ballot except the preferences, Ahmedabad has a very bad track record of giving highest numbers of invalid votes.

So get set to go and make this interesting... And don't forget to write your comments below on what do you think?

ST 3 e Return???

CBEC notifies ST-3 Return for the period July 1, 2012 to Sept 30, 2012 to be e-filed by March 25, 2013. The electronic version of the ST 3 Return is under development and the date of its availability in ACES will be announced later--????

-CA. V.M.V.SUBBA RAO

Ahmedabad Elections: The second termers has a clear advantage

There is a fierce fighting in the Ahmedabad branch elections. The game has been changed this time due to preferential voting. The panel advantage is no more available and the people who earlier used to promote the panel of 8 are now worrying for their own candidature first before promoting anyone else. And that is really interesting. No one has now scope to ask for votes for eight candidates. Nor you can be now equally with all. If you are a candidate, you need to talk for first preference for yourself and if you are a supporter, you need to ask for your candidates first preference vote first and then to anyone else. Appeal to votes for all in panel is not possible now and that's why personal popularity has become the main attribute to get the votes. Everyone is after the first preference. Because you need to remain above others to remain in the race. You will really love the results and every eliminations when you will witness the counting process.

Let's analyze the chances of the candidates in the fray. I understand Amrish Patel, Purushottam Khandelwal and Aniket Talati has the clear advantage of being the sitting or past committee members. Amrish Patel is contesting this election for the third time. He took a break of one term and before that he was in the managing committee for consecutive two terms. He is most senior member among all the contestants. He had also contested regional council elections last time. This gives him a clear edge over all others. And the same is with Purushottam Khandelwal and Aniket Talati. Both of them are sitting managing committee members. Their visibility in the members make them more popular. In my opinion these three are in comfortable position.

If you ask me who after these three seem to be in comfort zone then only one name comes to my mind and that is Hiren Shah. He seems to have a wider appeal and good fan following. 

For rest four seats, I understand all the ten candidates have equal chances of winning and loosing. I consider all of them on equal footing and no one knows who does the wonders and what comes out of the ballot boxes.

The members will take their considered decision. They are very intelligent and know very well who has contributed what to the profession and how effective they could be for the branch.

And that is the reason everyone is trying to reach as many members as possible in this little time to ensure their chances. This is elections. No one can be complacent, and you never know what can change the whole game. What I see the chances of candidates is from my point of view, but this is all elections. No one can predict anything and you will see lots of surprises in the results. If you remember the results of the Central council, in south, north and central, the big names who had started canvassing for their VP elections, couldn't win even the central council election. So you know well.. Anything can happen with anyone..

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