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No. 31 Poudouchéry Lundi 28 Mars 2016 (8 Chaitra 1938)
No. Puducherry Monday 28th March 2016
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER
No. E. 66/VVPAT/2016-840.
Puducherry, the 28th March 2016.
The Direction No. 576/3/VVPAT/2016/SDR-Vol.I, dated 21-3-2016 received from the Election Commission of India, New Delhi is hereby republished for information of the public.
Dr. V. CANDAVELOU, I.A.S.,
Chief Electoral Officer.
[ 309 ]LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [ PART-I 310 310
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road,
New Delhi-110 001.
Dated, the 21st March 2016.
DIRECTION
No. 576/3/VVPAT/2016/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; 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 a 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 Election Commission of India has, vide its notification No. 576/3/EVM/2016/SDR-Vol.I, dated 15th March, 2016, already specified under the said section 61A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, all the Assembly Constituencies of States of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry as the constituencies in which the votes shall be given and recorded by means of voting machines at the poll to be taken for the current general elections;
4. Now, therefore, the Election Commission of India, in exercise of its powers under the above-mentioned proviso to rule 49A of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, hereby—
(i) specifies 10 Assembly Constituencies of Assam, 12 Assembly C o n s t i t u e n c i e s o f K e r a l a , 1 7 A s s e m b l y C o n s t i t u e n c i e s o f Ta m i l N a d u , 22 Assembly Constituencies of West Bengal and 3 Assembly Constituencies of Puducherry as specified in the Annexure hereto as the Constituencies in which a printer with a drop box shall be attached to every voting machine to be used for the giving and recording of votes at the current general elections to the Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry Legislative Assemblies;
(ii) approves the design of the printer with the drop box as developed by the Bharat Electronics Ltd., Bangaluru and Electronics Corporation of India Ltd., Hyderabad, as the design for the printer which shall be attached to the said voting machines to be used for the giving and recording of votes in the abovesaid Assembly Constituencies.
(By order)
ANUJ JAIPURIAR,
Secretary.
PART-I ] LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT 311ANNEXURE
Deployment of VVPATs in upcoming Elections
Sl. Name of Make of Selected ACs
No. the State VVPAT to
be used Name of No. of Requirement
the AC PS of VVPAT
(including
reserve)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 West Bengal ECIL Cooch Behar Dakshin 253 316
Alipurduar 273 341
Jalpaiguri (SC) 280 350
Siliguri 238 298
Raiganj 194 243
Balurghat 188 235
Englishbazar 251 314
Murshidabad 272 340
Krishnanagar 268 335
Barasat 283 354
Jadavpur 340 425
Ballygunge 291 364
Chowrangee 222 278
Howrahmadhya 308 385
Chandannagore 258 323
Tamluk 287 359
Medinipur 296 370
Purulia 266 333
Bankura 303 379
Bardhman 294 368
Behala Paschim 341 426
Suri 287 359
Total 5,993 7,495
2 Kerala ECIL Vattiyoorkavu 141 176
Nemom 148 185
Kollam 154 193
Alappuzha 153 191
Kottayam 158 198
Eranakulam 122 153
Thrikkakara 147 184
Thrissur 149 186
Palakkad 140 175LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [ PART-I 312 312 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Malappuram 154 193
Kozhikode North 142 178
Kannur (Town area only) 42 53
Total 1,650 2,065
3 Tamil Nadu BEL Anna Nagar 255 319
Vellore 244 305
Krishnagiri 297 371
Salem (North) 284 355
Erode (West) 285 356
Tiruppur (North) 327 409
Coimbatore (North) 285 356
Dindigul 268 335
Tiruchirappalli (West) 271 339
Cuddalore 228 285
Thanjavur 276 345
Kancheepuram 316 395
Villupuram 281 351
Madurai (East) 302 378
Thoothukudi 271 339
Tirunelveli 305 381
Kanniyakumari 300 375
Total 4,795 5,994
Puducherry BEL 15-Ouppalam 24 30
16-Orleampeth 23 29
27-Karaikal South 27 34
Total 7 4 9 3
5 Assam BEL Silchar 232 290
Dhubri 192 240
Bongaigaon 222 278
Goalpara (East) 222 278
Jalukbari 212 265
Dispur 375 469
Guahati (East) 240 300
Guahati (West) 285 356
Tezpur 200 250
Jorhat 191 239
Total 2,371 2,965
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