Election-Europe

What Election-Europe does

Election-Europe operates the eklesio brand, an online voting platform delivering secure, anonymous, and RGPD-compliant elections for French professional, public sector, and corporate governance use cases. The platform is built on cryptographic ballot-anonymity technology that decouples voter identity from cast votes, is hosted across two redundant data centers in the Paris region, and is positioned as fully compliant with CNIL Deliberation No. 2019-053 at both security Level 2 and Level 3. Regular independent security audits are cited as part of the technical and trust posture. The product surface is organized into three pillars — Élection (CSE/works councils, fonction publique, ordinal chambers, parent and tenant representatives, member delegates), Assemblée Générale (shareholder, mutual, member, and association assemblies), and Consultation (CSE in-meeting votes, enterprise referendums, supervisory board elections) — with a dedicated downmarket variant for small and very small businesses (Election CSE PME).

The business operates as a commercial brand of SLIB, a technology subsidiary owned by two major French banking groups, BNP Paribas and Natixis, which provides institutional backing, banking-channel credibility, and likely shared services. Go-to-market is enterprise-direct: customers reach eklesio via website contact form or phone (0170369717) for tailored quotes, with no public pricing disclosed and multi-year contract cadences implied by recurring election cycles such as CSE renewals and annual general assemblies. Named reference customers include Barreau de Paris, O3 Partners, and FCPE, and the company reports 3 million voters served and 500+ voting operations in 2025, indicating a high-volume, low-headcount productized delivery model supported by only 6 employees.

Marketing is content-led, combining a French-language blog, legal database, white papers, webinars, podcasts, LinkedIn, and YouTube to drive top- and mid-funnel education on French electoral regulation. The combination of regulated-compliance positioning, banking-group ownership, 20 years of category experience, and a narrowly verticalized French product catalog constitutes the company's primary competitive posture. No AI/ML capabilities, patents, funding rounds, M&A, or leadership changes are disclosed in the source data.

Name

Election-Europe

Legal name

SLIB

Website

https://election-europe.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Election-Europe (eklesio) provides a CNIL- and RGPD-compliant online voting platform, operating as a brand of SLIB (owned by BNP Paribas and Natixis), serving French CSE, public-sector, mutual, shareholder, and association elections with cryptographic ballot anonymity.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Voting Platform

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Electoral Support & Election Observation (BPADAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Proxy Voting & Shareholder Meeting Services (FSACAHAL)

Keywords

• Online voting platform
• Professional elections
• Secure ballot
• General assemblies
• Corporate consultation

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Online Voting Solutions: Full-service voting solutions for professional elections, general assemblies, and consultations. Includes consulting, deployment, and operational support. Revenue generated through service fees tied to election events and ongoing consultation services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

eklesio provides online voting solutions for professional elections (CSE works councils, public sector, parent representatives, tenant representatives, member delegates), general assemblies (shareholders, mutuals, members, associations), and corporate consultations. The offering includes consulting, solution deployment, and operational implementation with cryptographic vote protection, dual Paris-region data center hosting, and full compliance with CNIL Deliberation No. 2019-053 and RGPD.

Product overview

eklesio is a brand of SLIB providing comprehensive online voting solutions organized into three main service categories: Élection (professional elections for CSE, public sector, parent representatives, tenant representatives, and member delegates), Assemblée Générale (general assemblies for shareholders, mutuals, members, and associations), and Consultation (CSE meetings, enterprise referendums, and supervisory board voting). The platform offers end-to-end services including consulting, solution deployment, and operational implementation for regulatory, technical, and operational decision-making processes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online CSE Election (Online Voting for Social and Economic Committee)
• Election CSE PME (CSE Election for SMEs)
• Fonction Publique (Public Sector Professional Elections)
• Élections de Parents d'Élèves (Parent Representative Elections)
• Élections des Membres du Conseil FCPE (FCPE Council Member Elections)
• Élection des Délégués des Sociétaires (Member Delegate Elections)
• Élection des Représentants de Locataires (Tenant Representative Elections)
• AG d'Actionnaires (Shareholder General Assembly)
• AG de Mutuelles (Mutual Insurance General Assembly)
• AG de Sociétaires (Member General Assembly)
• AG d'Associations (Association General Assembly)
• Vote en Réunion CSE (CSE Meeting Online Voting)
• Référendum d'Entreprise (Enterprise Referendum)
• Organe de Surveillance (Supervisory Board Online Voting)

Quantifiable outcome

• 3 million voters served in 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SLIBcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerSLIB is the parent company and owner of the eklesio brand. eklesio is explicitly described as 'marque de la société SLIB' (brand of SLIB company). SLIB is a subsidiary of two major banking groups BNP Paribas and Natixis, providing institutional backing and credibility to the voting platform.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Polyas: Polyas is a German online voting provider serving works councils (Betriebsrat) elections, shareholder meetings, and association votes. It is comparable to eklesio in product and use cases but operates primarily in Germany rather than France.
• Simply Voting: Simply Voting is a Montreal-based online voting service provider for unions, associations, and cooperatives. It addresses the same member-based election and AG use cases as eklesio, but operates primarily in North America.
• ElectionBuddy: ElectionBuddy is a Canadian online voting platform used for board elections, association votes, and AGs. It serves a comparable use case mix to eklesio (professional associations, member-based organizations) but is focused on North America.

Broad incumbents

• Docaposte: Docaposte is the digital services subsidiary of La Poste Group offering electronic voting, digital identity, and trusted electronic services across France. As a large incumbent with broader digital trust offerings, it competes with eklesio in AG voting and CSE elections while serving many other verticals.

Direct peers

• Belenios: Belenios is an open-source online voting platform developed by Inria/CNRS researchers in France. It competes directly with eklesio in French professional and academic elections with verifiable cryptographic protocols, making it the closest direct peer in the French market.

Emerging players

• OpaVote: OpaVote is a smaller online voting platform offering ranked-choice and standard elections for associations, boards, and member organizations. It overlaps with eklesio's AG and member-vote segments with a lighter-weight product.
• Condorcet (CNRS / VOXEL): Condorcet is a French electronic voting solution providing verifiable online elections for professional and association votes. It competes directly with eklesio in the French professional election market with an open-source heritage.
• Survey & Ballot Systems: Survey & Ballot Systems provides online voting and election services for associations, cooperatives, and member-based organizations in North America. It addresses the same general assemblies and member vote use cases as eklesio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@eklesio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/election-europe

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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