TAMIL NADU
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
Part V—Section 4
Notification by the Election Commission of India
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GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU
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2019
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No. 387]
chennai, Monday, October 14, 2019
Purattasi 27, Vikari, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2050
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Notification by the Election Commission of India
DIRECTION BY THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
ELECTION COMMISSION’S DIRECTION SPECIFYING THAT THE VOTES AT THE CURRENT BYE-ELECTIONS TO
TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FROM 75. VIKRAVANDI AND 227.NANGUNERI ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES
SHALL BE GIVEN AND RECORDED BY MEANS OF ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES AND VVPAT
No. SRO G-54/2019.
The following Direction of the Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110 001,
dated 11th October, 2019 is published:-
No.576/3/EVM/2019/SDR-Vol.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 Constituencies for the General Elections
to the Legislative Assemblies of Haryana & Maharashtra and bye-elections from 51 Assembly Constituencies
(as per Annexure-I) of 17 States and from 23-Samastipur (SC) Parliamentary Constituency in the State of Bihar &
45-Satara Parliamentary Constituency in the State of Maharashtra, announced by the Commission through Press Notes
dated 21-09-2019, 22-09-2019 and 24-09-2019 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 Assembly
Constituencies of Haryana & Maharashtra at the Current General Elections to the State Legislative Assemblies and the
51 Assembly Constituencies (as per Annexure-I) of 17 States & 23-Samastipur (SC) Parliamentary Constituency in the
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