TAMIL NADU
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY
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Part V—Section 4
Notifi cations by the Election Commission of India
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CHENNAI, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019
Panguni 11, Vilambi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2050
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PUBLIC (ELECTIONS-III) DEPARTMENT
DIRECTION BY THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
ELECTION COMMISSION’S DIRECTION SPECIFYING THAT THE VOTES AT THE CURRENT GENERAL ELECTIONS TO
THE HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE, 2019 AND BYE-ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES
SHALL BE GIVEN AND RECORDED BY MEANS OF ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES AND VVPAT
No. SRO G-31/2019.
The following Direction of the Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110 001, dated
22nd March, 2019 is published:-
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 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 satisfi ed that suffi cient number of Electronic
Voting Machines and Printers for printing Paper Trail [Voter Verifi able Paper Audit Trail(VVPAT)] are available for taking the
poll in the abovementioned Parliamentary/Assembly Constituencies, the polling personnel are well trained in effi cient 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 specifi es 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.