How to make a website for a local election campaign

In a ward or panchayat election, residents want to know who the candidate is: where they live, what they have done in the area and what they say they will work on. A small website with the candidate's own facts, the ward map and a campaign office number answers that, whatever the party or if there is none.

Updated 2026-11-09

What people look for on a local election campaign website

The candidate's name, photo, age, where they live in the ward and their work so far
The ward or panchayat, with the colonies and villages it covers
The issues the candidate plans to work on, in their own words, without promises they can't keep
Dates and places of public meetings and door-to-door visits in each colony
The campaign office address, its hours and a number to call or WhatsApp
How residents can volunteer or invite the candidate to their society
The election date for the ward, as announced by the election authority

The pages your website needs

Home: The candidate's photo, name, ward, one line on why they are standing, and WhatsApp and call buttons
About the candidate: Where they grew up, education, work and the community work they have done in the ward
Work plan: The local issues they will raise, such as drains, street lights or a park, in plain words
Meetings: Upcoming public meetings and colony visits with date, time and place
Contact and volunteer: Campaign office address and hours, a Google Maps button, and how to volunteer

Sample words for your home page

Meena Kulkarni, candidate for Ward 14, Kothrud, Pune

A resident of the ward for 22 years and a member of the area's residents' committee. Meet her at the campaign office or at a colony meeting this week.

Meena Kulkarni has lived in Ward 14 since 2004 and has worked with the residents' committee on garbage collection and street lights. She is standing for the ward seat to take up drainage in the low-lying lanes and a reading room for children.

Use these as a starting point and write them in your own words: AppCub can rewrite them for you in the chat.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide the pages. Most local election campaign websites need these pages: Home, About the candidate, Work plan, Meetings, Contact and volunteer.
Describe it to AppCub. Paste the request below, with your own name, address, prices and timings.
Check the plan. AppCub lists the pages and what goes on each. Ask for changes until it is right; seeing the plan is free.
Add your details and photos. Replace every sample with your real details, attach your own photos, and check each page on the phone and computer preview.
Publish and share. Choose your address (your-name.sites.appcub.ai), put the website live and share the link on WhatsApp.

Copy this request, change the details to match your local election campaign, and paste it into AppCub:

Make a campaign website for Meena Kulkarni, candidate for Ward 14, Kothrud, Pune, in the municipal election. Pages: home, about the candidate, work plan, meetings and contact and volunteer. About: lived in the ward since 2004, worked with the residents' committee on garbage collection and street lights. Work plan: drainage in the low-lying lanes, a reading room for children, regular water timings. Meetings: 12 Dec, 6 PM, Shastri Colony ground; 14 Dec, 7 PM, near the vegetable market. Campaign office near the bus depot, 9 AM to 9 PM, WhatsApp 98XXXXXXXX. Keep the tone factual. Blue and white colours.

Tips for a local election campaign website

Follow the Election Commission's rules on campaigning, publicity and spending (for local body polls, your State Election Commission's), and ask your election agent how the website should be shown in your accounts.
Write only facts you can show about the candidate; leave out claims about rivals.
Put meeting dates on the site as soon as they are fixed and take old ones off the next day.
Use your own photos of the candidate in the ward, and ask people before you post photos with their faces.
Take the site down or mark it as past once the election is over.

What it costs

Describing your website and seeing AppCub’s plan for it is free.
Making it and changing it in chat uses credits for the work done: start with the 2-day trial for ₹99 (150 credits) or the one-time App Pack for ₹499 (200 credits, no autopay). Starter is ₹1,599 a month for 700 credits.
Publishing is free for an account that has paid AppCub once, at your-name.sites.appcub.ai.
Work that fails or is rolled back costs no credits.

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Good to know

The website can't collect donations, sign up volunteers in a form or hold voter lists; residents reach the campaign office on WhatsApp or by phone. For a volunteer roster and colony-wise visit plans, the campaign can use an app.
The pages are written in English. You can talk to AppCub in English, Hindi or Hinglish.
A website has no forms, bookings, payments or logins: visitors reach you on WhatsApp, by phone or on Google Maps.
Every page carries a small “Made with AppCub” badge and a “Report this site” link.

Questions

Is it allowed to have a website for a ward election campaign?

Campaign publicity is covered by the Election Commission's rules, and for local body polls by your State Election Commission's. Read them or ask your election agent before the site goes live, and follow them on content and spending.

What should a candidate's website say first?

Who the candidate is, which ward they are standing from, and how to reach the campaign office. Residents look for those three things.

Can we show the party's symbol on the website?

That is the candidate's and party's choice within the election rules. AppCub doesn't take sides; the website shows what the candidate gives.

Can people donate to the campaign on the website?

No. Websites made with AppCub have no payments, and campaign money has its own rules that your election agent should handle.

Should we write promises on the work plan page?

Write the issues the candidate will take up and how, in plain words. Don't offer money or gifts to voters, and check the page against the election rules.

What happens to the website after the result?

You can change it in the chat to thank voters and share the ward office contact, or stop using it.

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