The PRACTICAL GUIDE TO ELECTIONS has been developed for better organization of elections. It is intended for stakeholders in the electoral process : Election Management Bodies (EMBs), election candidates and their representatives, observers, journalists, etc. It considers the challenges of election management bodies in the design and planning of electoral operations and facilitates good monitoring of the electoral process for good media coverage. THE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO ELECTIONS aims at the proclamation of the voting results within a short time by the EMBs and the capacity building of the candidates and their staff on the strategy for collecting the results of the vote and promoting non-violence and fair play electoral. It provides guidance to candidates in order to collect the results in real time and detect irregularities in the voting records upstream to formulate informed challenges, downstream and reduce electoral disputes.