Panaji, 21st August, 2017 (Sravana 30, 1939)

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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Elections

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer

Direction

No. 5-38-2017/ELEC/4163

The following Direction No. 576/3/EVM/ECI/

/LET/FUNC/JUD/SDR/VOL-II/2017 dated 11th

August, 2017 issued by the Election Commission of

India, New Delhi, is hereby published for general

information.

Place: Panaji-Goa.

Devidas S. Gaonkar,

Dated: 21-08-2017

Joint Chief Electoral Officer.

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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

Nirvachan Sadan,

Ashoka Road,

New Delhi-110001.

11th August, 2017.

Direction

No. 576/3/EVM/ECI/LET/FUNC/JUD/SDR/VOL-II/

/2017:- 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

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Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2015-2017

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Dated:

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 139–Nandyal Assembly

Constituency in Andhra Pradesh, 19–Valpoi

Assembly Constituency and 11–Panaji Assembly

Constituency in Goa and 07–Bawana (SC) Assembly

Constituency in NCT of Delhi, in which

bye-elections are currently in progress, and is

satisfied that sufficient number of Electronic Voting

Machines and Printers for Paper Trail are available

for taking the poll in the abovementioned Assembly

Constituencies, the polling personnel are well

trained in efficient handling of the Electronic

Voting Machines and Printer for Paper Trail and

the electors are also fully conversant with the

operation of the Electronic Voting Machines and

the said 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 139-Nandyal Assembly

Constituency in Andhra Pradesh, 19–Valpoi

Assembly Constituency and 11–Panaji Assembly

Constituency in Goa and 07–Bawana (SC) Assembly

Constituency in NCT of Delhi, as the constituencies

in which the votes at the current bye-elections to

the State Legislative Assemblies concerned from

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the said constituencies notified on 29-07-2017,

shall be given and recorded by means of Electronic

Voting Machines and Printers for Paper Trail 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.

5. The Commission also hereby approves the

design of the Electronic Voting Machine and the

Printer with the drop box as developed by the

Bharat Electronics Ltd., Bangalore and Electronics

Corporation of India Ltd., Hyderabad, which shall

be attached to the said voting machines, to be

used for the giving and recording of votes in the

above said Assembly Constituencies.

By order,

N. T. BHUTIA,

Secretary.

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