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GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU
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2024
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No. 201]
CHENNAI, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2024
Aani 10, Kurothi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2055
Part V—Section 4
Notification by the Election Commission of India
V-4 Ex. (201)
[ 1 ]
DIRECTION BY THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
ELECTION COMMISSION’S DIRECTION SPECIFYING THAT THE VOTES AT THE CURRENT BYE-ELECTION TO
TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FROM 75.VIKRAVANDI ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY SHALL BE GIVEN
AND RECORDED BY MEANS OF ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES AND VVPAT
No. SRO G-26/2024.
The following Direction of the Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110 001,
dated 20th June, 2024 is published:-
No.576/3/EVM/2024/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;
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 current bye elections to the
60-Rupauli Assembly Constituency in Bihar, 35-Raiganj, 90-Ranaghat Dakshin (SC), 94-Bagda (SC) & 167-Maniktala
Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal, 75-Vikravandi Assembly Constituency in Tamil Nadu, 123-Amarwara
(ST) Assembly Constituency in Madhya Pradesh, 04-Badrinath & 33-Manglaur Assembly Constituencies in
Uttrakhand, 34-Jalandhar West (SC) Assembly Constituency in Punjab and 10-Dehra, 38-Hamirpur & 51-Nalagarh
Assembly Constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, announced vide the Election Commission’s Press Notes No.
ECI/PN/120/2024 dated 10th June 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
the above Assembly Constituencies. 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
current bye elections to the 60-Rupauli Assembly Constituency in Bihar, 35-Raiganj, 90-Ranaghat Dakshin (SC),
94-Bagda (SC) & 167-Maniktala Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal, 75-Vikravandi Assembly Constituency