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Haryana Government Gazette

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No. 37-2022] CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 (BHADRA 22, 1944 SAKA)

PART-I

Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government

STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, HARYANA NIRVACHAN SADAN, PLOT NO. 2, SECTOR- 17, PANCHKULA–134109

The 12th September, 2022

No. SEC/E-II/SA/2022/2269.— In pursuance of rule 41 of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Election Rules, 1994, I, Dhanpat Singh, State Election Commissioner, Haryana, hereby prescribe the design of the ballot papers to be used on Electronic Voting Machines, ballot papers to be used for election through ballot paper/ballot boxes and ballot paper to be used for tender votes, during an election to the post of Sarpanches and Panches of Gram Panchayats, Members of Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads in the State of Haryana, as given under:-

1. Design of ballot paper to be used on Electronic Voting Machine

i. The ballot papers shall be prepared and printed in Devnagri script

ii. The total length of the ballot paper will be 461.5 mm and its width shall be 140 mm.

iii. At the top of the ballot paper, space of the size of 7.5 mm (length) x 140 mm (width) shall be provided for indicating particulars of the election.

iv. If the number of contesting candidates (including NOTA) is more than sixteen, the sheet number on the top right hand corner on one sheet each shall be printed on the space given on the top of the ballot paper.

v. Particulars i.e. name of Gram Panchayat/Panchayat Samiti/Zila Parishad, ward number, year, nature of election and district code shall be printed. Code marks to be printed on ballot paper for each District are given in Annexure-A.

The following illustration will make the position clear:-

Election to the post of-------- , Name of Gram Panchayat/Panchayat Samiti/Zila Parishad--------

Ward No., -------- Year of election-------- ,General/Bye election and District Code-----

Provided that if number of contesting candidates are less than sixteen, the above particulars may be printed either at the top or at the bottom most portion, as may be considered convenient from the point of view of printing.

Provided further that if numbers of contesting candidates are sixteen or more, the above particulars may be printed in a vertical column, on the left hand side of the ballot paper, with a thick line dividing the said column and the panels containing the serial numbers and names of the contesting candidates.

(709)HARYANA GOVT. GAZ., SEPT. 13, 2022 (BHDR. 22, 1944 SAKA) [PART I 710 vi. There shall be a thick black line of 1.00 mm after the particulars of the election printed on the space provided at the top of the ballot paper and serial number of each contesting candidate, his/her name and the symbol allotted to him/her, in a seoarate oanel for each candidate shall be orinted below this line.

vii. Size of the panel for each contesting candidate shall be 27.5 mm (length) x 140 mm (width).

viii. Panels of the candidates shall be separate from each other by a thick black line of 1.00 mm.

ix. Names of the contesting candidates shall be arranged on the ballot paper in the same order in which their names appear in the list of contesting candidates.

x. If contesting candidates are more than sixteen, names of the contesting candidates from S.No.17 to 32 shall be printed on the second sheet, 33 to 48 on third sheet and 49 to 64 on fourth sheet and so on.

xi. After particulars of the election Sheet No.1./Sheet No.2 etc. shall be printed in bold.

xii. Serial number and name of the candidate shall be printed on the left hand side and his/her election symbol shall be printed on the right hand side in the panel meant for him/her.

xiii. Ballot papers for the post of Panches shall be printed in black ink on white paper and the ballot papers for the post of Sarpanch in blue ink on white paper; ballot papers for the post of Member Panchayat Samiti in yellow ink on white paper and for the post of Member Zila Parishad in red/pink ink on white paper or on respective colored paper with black ink.

xiv. In the last panel/row after end of the contesting candidates, ballot papers for the post of Sarpanch, Member of Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads the word "उपरोक्त में से कोई नही" with symbol shall be printed.

xv. Size and design of the tender ballot for the post of Member of Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads elections shall be same as that of size of ballot papers to be used on EVM.

2. Design of ballot papers for the election through ballot box and for tender votes.

i. Ballot papers shall be printed on the following sizes of papers depending upon the number of candidates:-

For two Names — 6-1/2" x 3-1/4" For Three Names — 8" x 3-1/4" For Four Names — 9-1/2" x 3-1/4" For Five Names — 11" x 3-1/4" For Six Names — 12-1/2" x 3-1/4" For Seven Names — 14" x 3-1/4" For Eight Names — 15-1/2" x 3-1/4" For Nine Names — 17" x 3-1/4" For Ten Names — 11" x 6-1/2" For Eleven Names — 12-1/2" x 6-1/2" For Twelve Names — 12-1/2" x 6-1/2" For Thirteen Names — 14" x 6-1/2" For Fourteen Names — 14" x 6-1/2" For Fifteen Names — 15-1/2" x 6-1/2" For Sixteen Names — 15-1/2" x 6-1/2"

(Scale 1"= 2.54 cm)

ii. The printing area will be 3-1/J" in case of single column up to nine candidates and 6-1/2" in the case of double column up to sixteen candidates and printing area will be increased 3-1/4" on every additional column and so on.

iii. Ballot papers shall be printed on paper of above sizes containing names of candidates and symbols allotted to them with ward number, name of Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad on the counter foil depending upon the category of the ballot paper including the counterfoil of size 2-1/2"x 3- 1/4" of each ballot paper.

PART I] HARYANA GOVT. GAZ., SEPT. 13, 2022 (BHDR. 22, 1944 SAKA) 711

iv. The particulars on the counterfoils shall be printed in Devnagri script only and the counterfoil shall contain the following:-

(a) Space for stitching at the top centre of the counterfoil;

(b) A black border of 1 cm at the top of the counterfoil;

(d) Place for signature or thumb impression of elector just above the words "signature/ thumb impression" on the right hand side;

(e) One block of lines of 1 cm with a perforated rule/disjointed straight line below, separating the ballot paper form the counterfoil.

(f) The condition number ix, xii, xiii and xiv mentioned above in para 1 will be same for the printing of this ballot paper.

3. This is being issued in supersession of earlier notification issued by the State Election Commission, Haryana vide no. SEC/E-111/2020/1306, dated 03.11.2020 in this regard.

Panchkula: The 9th September, 2022.

DHANPAT SINGH, State Election Commissioner, Haryana.

HARYANA GOVT. GAZ., SEPT. 13, 2022 (BHDR. 22, 1944 SAKA) [PART I 712

ANNEXURE - "A"

SPECIFIED CODE NUMBERS OF DISTRICTS FOR BALLOT

PAPERS.

SR.NO. NAME OF DISTRICT CODE MARK

1. Ambala

AMB

2. Yamuna Nagar

YNR

3. Kurukshetra

KKR

4. Kaithal

KHL

5. Karnal

KNL

Jind

JND

7. Sonepat

SPT

8. Rohtak

ROK

9. Gurugram

GUR

10. Faridabad

FBD

11. Mahendergarh at Narnaul MGR

12. Rewari

RRI

13. Bhiwani

BNI

14. Hissar

HSR

15. Sirsa

SSA

16. Panipat

PPT

17 Panchkula

PKL

18. Fatehabad

FTD

19.

Jhajjar

JJR

20. Mewat at Nuh MWT

21 Palwal

PWL

22 Charkhi Dadri

CKD

9861—C.S.—H.G.P., Pkl.