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SERIES II No. 51

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2018-20

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.

22nd March, 2019

Direction

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 Parliamentary

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;

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

Dated:

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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. Bihar

212

Dehri

2. Bihar

237

Nawada

3. Goa

Mandrem

4. Goa

Mapusa

5. Goa

Siroda

6. Gujarat

Unjha

7. Gujarat

Dhrangadhra

8. Gujarat

Jamnagar Rural

9. Gujarat

Manavadar

10. Gujarat

Talala

11. Madhya Pradesh

126

Chhindwara

12. Maharashtra

Katol

13. Meghalaya

Selsella (ST)

14. Mizoram

Aizawl West-I (ST)

15. Nagaland

Aonglenden (ST)

16. Pudducherry

Thattanchavady

17. Tamil Nadu

Poonamallee (SC)

18. Tamil Nadu

Perambur

19. Tamil nadu

Thiruporur

20. Tamil Nadu

Sholingur

21. Tamil Nadu

Gudiyattham (SC)

22. Tamil Nadu

Ambur

23. Tamil Nadu

Hosur

24. Tamil Nadu

Pappireddippatti

25. Tamil Nadu

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

Krishnaganj (SC)

37. West Bengal

176

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