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Haryana Government Gazette

EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

© Govt. of Haryana

No. 54-2019/Ext.] CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2019 (CHAITRA 5, 1940 SAKA)

OFFICE OF CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, HARYANA

The 26th March, 2019

GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA-2019

No. 30/EVM(ECI INST.)/LSElec-2019/2AE-3141

ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

NIRVACHAN SADAN, ASHOKA ROAD, NEW DELHI-110001

DIRECTION

The 22nd March, 2019

No. 576/3/EVM/2019/SDR-Vol.II.— Whereas, Section 61A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951,

provides that the giving and recording of votes by Voting Machines in such manner as may be prescribed, may be

adopted in such consitutency or constituencies as the Election Commission of India may, having regard to the

circumstances of each case, specify; and

2.

Whereas, as per the proviso to Rule 49A of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, a Printer with a drop box of

such design, as may be approved by the Election Commission of India, may also be attached to voting machine for

printing a paper trail of the vote, in such constituency or constituencies or parts thereof as the Election Commission of

India may direct; and

3.

Whereas, the Commission has considered the cirucmstances in all the Parliamentary Constituencies of India,

all the Assembly Constituencies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha & Sikkim and in the 37 Assembly

Constituencies (as per Annexure-I) of Bihar, Goa, Gujrat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram,

Nagaland, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal, and is satisfied that sufficient number of

Electronic Voting Machines and Printers for printing Paper Trail [Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT)] are

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available for taking the poll in the avobementioned Parliamentary/Assembly Constituencies, the polling personnel are

well trained in efficient handling of the Electronic Voting Machines and Printers for Paper Trail (hereafter referred to

as ‘VVPAT Printers’) and the electors are also fully conversant with the operation of the Electronic Voting Machines

and the VVPAT Printers;

4.

Now, therefore, the Election Commission of India, in exercise of its powers under the said Section 61A of the

Representation of the People Act, 1951, and Rule 49A of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, hereby specifies all

the parliamentary Constituencies at the current General Election to the House of the People 2019, all the Assembly

Constituencies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odhisa & Sikkim at the current General Election to the State

Legislative Assemblies and the 37 Assembly Constituencies (as per Annexure-I) of Bihar, Goa, Gujrat, Madhya

Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Utter Pradesh & West Bengal,

from where bye-electios are being held, as per the schedule announced by the Commission on 10-03-2019,

13-03-2019 & 14-03-2019 as the constituencies in which the votes, shall be given and recorded by means of

Electronic Voting Machines and VVPAT printers in the manner prescribed, under the Conduct of Elections Rules,

1961, and the supplementary instructions issued by the Commission from time to time on the subject.

5.

The Commission also hereby approves the design of the Electronic Voting Machine and the Printer with the

drop box (the VVPAT Printers) as developed by the Bharat Electronics Ltd., Bangalore and Electronics Corporation

of India Ltd., Hyderabad, which shall be attached to the said machines, to be used for the giving ans recording of

votes in all the Constituencies.

By Order,

N. T. BHUTIA,

Secretary.

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