EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 554 , CUTTACK , SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2019 / CHAITRA 2, 1941
HOME (ELECTIONS) DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
The 23rd March, 2019
No.5826-VE(A)-90/19/Elec.– The following notification published by Election
Commission of India, New Delhi in an Extraordinary issue of the Gazette of India, dated
the 22nd March, 2019 is hereby published for general information.
By order,
SURENDRA KUMAR
Chief Electoral Officer & Ex Officio,
Principal Secretary to Government
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi -110001
Dated: 22nd March, 2019
DIRECTION
No.576/3/EVM/2019/SDR-VoI.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 constituency 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 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
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such constituency or constituencies or parts thereof as the Election Commission of India
may direct; and
3. Whereas, the Commission has considered the circumstances 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, Gujarat, 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 available for taking the poll in
the abovementioned 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, Odisha & Sikkim at the current
General Election to the State Legislative Assemblies and the 37 Assembly Constituencies
(as per Annexure-I) of Bihar, Goa,Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya,
Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal, from where
bye-elections 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 and recording of votes in
all the Constituencies.
By Order,
N.T.BHUTIA
Secretary
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31.
Tamil Nadu
199
Periyakulam (SC)
32.
Tamil Nadu
204
Sattur
33.
Tamil Nadu
209
Paramakudi (SC)
34.
Tamil Nadu
213
Vilathikulam
35.
Uttar Pradesh
138
Nighasan
36.
West Bengal
88
Krishnaganj (SC)
37.
West Bengal
176
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