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2024
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CHENNAI, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2024
Panguni 10, Sobakiruthu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2055
Part V—Section 4
Notifications by the Election Commission of India
V-4 Ex. (128)
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NOTIFICATIONS BY THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
DIRECTION BY THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
ELECTION COMMISSION'S DIRECTION SPECIFYING THAT THE VOTES AT THE CURRENT GENERAL
ELECTIONS TO LOK SABHA, 2024 AND BYE-ELECTION TO TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FROM 233. VILAVANCODE ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY SHALL BE GIVEN AND RECORDED BY MEANS OF
ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES AND VVPAT
No. SRO G-11/2024.
The following Direction of the Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110 001,
dated 20th March, 2024 [30 Phalguna, 1945 (Saka)] is published:-
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 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 of
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha & Sikkim at the current General Elections, 2024 and 26 Assembly
Constituencies (as per Annexure-1) in 13 states at the current bye-election, as per the schedule announced
by the Election Commission on 16th March, 2024, as the constituencies in which 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.