Goa Gazette, No. 1819-51, 27 March 2019

Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2018-20 RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

Panaji, 27th March, 2019 (Chaitra 6, 1941) SERIES II No. 51 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

EXTRAORDINARY

No. 4

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Elections

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer __

Direction

No. 5-4-2018/ELEC/2484

The following Direction No. 576/3/EVM/2019/ /SDR-Vol.II dated 22nd March, 2019 issued by the Election Commission of India, New Delhi, is hereby published for general information.

Narayan Sawant, Addl. Chief Electoral Officer.

Panaji, 25th March, 2019.

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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001.

Dated: 22nd March, 2019 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

Direction

No. 576/3/EVM/2019/SDR-Vol.II 3. Whereas, the Commission has considered the circumstances in all the Parliamentar y 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 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;

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 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 1065 Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: [email protected] OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES II No. 51 (EXTRAORDINARY No. 4) 27TH MARCH, 2019

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.

5. The Commission also hereby approves the design of the Electronic Voting Machine and the Printer with the drop box (the VVPAT Printers) as developed by the Bharat Electronics Ltd., Bangalore and Electronics Corporation of India Ltd., Hyderabad, which shall be attached to the said machines, to be used for the giving and recording of votes in all the Constituencies.

By Order,

N. T. BHUTIA, Secretary.

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ANNEXURE-I

Sl. State AC No. Name of AC No.

1 2 3 4

1. Bihar 212 Dehri 2. Bihar 237 Nawada 3. Goa 1 Mandrem 4. Goa 5 Mapusa

1 2 3 4

5. Goa 22 Siroda

6. Gujarat 21 Unjha

7. Gujarat 64 Dhrangadhra

8. Gujarat 77 Jamnagar Rural

9. Gujarat 85 Manavadar

10. Gujarat 91 Talala

11. Madhya Pradesh 126 Chhindwara

12. Maharashtra 48 Katol

13. Meghalaya 48 Selsella (ST)

14. Mizoram 15 Aizawl West-I (ST)

15. Nagaland 26 Aonglenden (ST)

16. Pudducherry 9 Thattanchavady

17. Tamil Nadu 5 Poonamallee (SC)

18. Tamil Nadu 12 Perambur

19. Tamil nadu 33 Thiruporur

20. Tamil Nadu 39 Sholingur

21. Tamil Nadu 46 Gudiyattham (SC)

22. Tamil Nadu 48 Ambur

23. Tamil Nadu 55 Hosur

24. Tamil Nadu 60 Pappireddippatti

25. Tamil Nadu 61 Harur (SC)

26. Tamil Nadu 130 Nilakkottai (SC)

27. Tamil Nadu 168 Thiruvarur

28. Tamil Nadu 174 Thanjavur

29. Tamil Nadu 187 Manamadurai (SC)

30. Tamil Nadu 198 Andipatti

31. Tamil Nadu 199 Periyakulam (SC)

32. Tamil Nadu 204 Sattur

33. Tamil Nadu 209 Paramakudi (SC)

34. Tamil Nadu 213 Vilathikulam

35. Uttar Pradesh 138 Nighasan

36. West Bengal 88 Krishnaganj (SC)

37. West Bengal 176 Uluberia Purba

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