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PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS SECRETARIAT

NOTIFICATION

No. DPAR 54 CHUSAVI 2024, Bengaluru, Dated: 21^st March, 2024.

The following Notification No.576/3/EVM/2024/SDR-Vol.I, dated: 20^th March, 2024 of the

Election Commission of India is published here under for general information:

ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi – 110001

No.576/3/EVM/2024/SDR-Vol.-I

Dated: 20^th March, 2024

Phalguna 30, 1945

DIRECTION

No.576/3/EVM/2024/SDR-Vol.-I:- 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 constituency or constituencies as the Election Commission of

India may, having regard to the circumstances of each case, specify;

2.

Whereas, as per the proviso to Rule 49A of the Conduct of Elections 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;

3.

Whereas, the Election Commission has considered the circumstances in all the

Parliamentary Constituencies of Lok Sabha, all the Assembly Constituencies of Andhra

Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha & Sikkim at the current general elections, 2024 and in 26

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Assembly Constituencies (as per Annexure-1) in 13 States at the current bye-elections,

announced vide the Election Commission’s Press Notes No. ECI/PN/23/2024& ECI/PN/24/2024

both dated 16^th, March 2024, and is satisfied that sufficient number of Electronic Voting Machines

(EVMs) and Printers for printing Paper Trail [Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT)] are

available for taking the poll in all the Parliamentary Constituencies and all the Assembly

Constituencies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim and in 26 Assembly

Constituencies (as per Annexure-1) of 13 States. The polling personnel are well trained in efficient

handling of EVMs and ‘VVPAT Printers’ and the electors are also fully conversant with the operation

of the EVMs 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 of the Lok Sabha, all the

Assembly Constituencies of the legislative assemblies ofAndhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,

Odisha & Sikkim at the current General Elections, 2024and 26 Assembly Constituencies (as

per Annexure-1) in13 states at the current bye-election, as per the schedule announced by the

Election Commission on 16^th March, 2024,as the constituencies inwhich the votes, shall be given

and recorded by means of EVMs and VVPAT printers in the manner prescribed, under the Conduct

of Elections Rules, 1961, and the supplementary instructions issued by the Election Commission from

time to time on the subject.

5.

The Election Commission also hereby approves the design of EVMs and 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 and recording of

votes in all the Constituencies.

By order,

(S.B.JOSHI)

Principal Secretary

Election Commission of India

(MADHU.A.C)

Under Secretary to Government

D.P.A.R (Elections).

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Annexure-1

S. No.

Name of State

Assembly Constituency No. & Name

1.

Bihar

195-Agiaon(SC)

2.

Gujarat

26 - Vijapur

3.

108 - Khambhat

4.

136 - Vaghodia

5.

85 - Manavadar

6.

83 - Porbandar

7.

Haryana

21-Karnal

8.

Jharkhand

31- Gandey

9.

Maharashtra

30 – Akola West

10.

Tripura

7- Ramnagar

11.

Uttar Pradesh

136 - Dadraul

12.

173 - Lucknow East

13.

292 - Gainsari

14.

403 – Duddhi (ST)

15.

West Bengal

62-Bhagawangola

16.

113- Baranagar

17.

Telangana

71-Secunderabad Cantt.(SC)

18.

Himachal Pradesh

18 - Dharamshala

19.

21 – Lahaul&Spiti (ST)

20.

37 - Sujanpur

21.

39 - Barsar

22.

42 - Gagret

23.

45 - Kutlehar

24.

Rajasthan

165 – Bagidora (ST)

25.

Karnataka

36 – Shorapur (ST)

26.

Tamil Nadu

233 - Vilavancode

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