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PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS SECRETARIAT

NOTIFICATION

No. DPAR 84 CHUSAVI 2024, Bengaluru, Dated: 17th October, 2024.

The following Notification No.576/3/EVM/2024/SDR-Vol.I, dated: 17th October, 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: 17th October, 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 16th, 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 16th 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

Sl. No.

Name of State

Assembly Constituency No./Parliamentary

Constituency No.& Name

1.

Assam

11-Dholai(SC) AC

2.

31-Sidli(ST) AC

3.

32-Bongaigaon AC

4.

77-Behali AC

5.

88-Samaguri AC

6.

Bihar

196-Tarari AC

7.

203-Ramgarh AC

8.

227-Imamganj(SC) AC

9.

232-Belaganj AC

10.

Chhattisgarh

51-Raipur City South AC

11.

Gujarat

7-Vav AC

12.

Karnataka

83-Shiggaon AC

13.

95-Sandur(ST) AC

14.

185-Channapatna AC

15

Kerala

56-Palakkad AC

16.

61-Chelakkara(SC) AC

17.

4-Wayanad PC

18.

Madhya Pradesh

156-Budhni AC

19.

02-Vijaypur AC

20.

Maharashtra

16-Nanded PC

21.

Meghalaya

56-Gambegre(ST) AC

22.

Punjab

10-Dera Baba Nanak AC

23.

44-Chabbewal(SC) AC

24.

84-Gidderbaha AC

25.

103-Barnala AC

26.

Rajasthan

27-Jhunjhunu AC

27.

67-Ramgarh AC

28.

88-Dausa AC

29.

97-Deoli-Uniara AC

30.

110-Khinwsar AC

31.

156-Salumber(ST) AC

32.

161-Chorasi(ST) AC

33.

Sikkim

07-Soreng-Chakung AC

34.

11-Namchi-Singhithang AC

35.

Uttar Pradesh

16-Meerapur AC

36.

29-Kundarki AC

37.

56-Ghaziabad AC

38.

71-Khair(SC) AC

39.

110-Karhal AC

40.

213-Sishamau AC

41.

256-Phulpur AC

42.

277-Katehari AC

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43.

397-Majhawan AC

44.

Uttarakhand

07-Kedarnath AC

45.

West Bengal

06-Sitai(SC) AC

46.

14-Madarihat(ST) AC

47.

104-Naihati AC

48.

121-Haroa AC

49.

236-Medinipur AC

50.

251-Taldangra AC

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