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RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410
Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2021-23
EXTRAORDINARY
No. 2
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Elections
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
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Direction
No. 5-4-2021/ELEC/2229
The following Direction No. 576/3/EVM/2022/
/SDR-Vol. I dated 12-01-2022 issued by the Election
Commission of India, New Delhi is hereby published
for general information.
Narayan R. Sawant, Addl. Chief Electoral Officer.
Panaji, 14th January, 2022.
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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
Nirvanchan Sadan,
Ashoka Road,
New Delhi-110001.
Dated: 12th January, 2022.
Direction
No. 576/3/EVM/2022/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; 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 Election Commission has
considered the circumstances in all the
Constituencies for the General Elections to the
Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab,
Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh announced vide the
Election Commission’s Press Note No. ECI/PN/3/2022
dated 8th January, 2022, 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 Assembly Constituencies of Goa, Manipur,
Punjab, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh, 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 (i) all the Assembly Constituencies
of Goa, Punjab and Uttarakhand to be notified on
21-01-2022, (2) all the Assembly Constituencies of
Manipur to be notified on 01-02-2022 & 04-02-2022
and (3) all the Assembly Constituency of Uttar Pradesh
to be notified on 14-01-2022, 21-01-2022,
25-01-2022, 27-01-2022, 01-02- 2022, 04-02-2022 &
10-02-2022 as the constituencies in which the votes, shall
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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.
5. The Election Commission also hereby approves the design of EVMs and 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,
Ashwani Kumar Mohal, Secretary.
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Notification
No. 52/2022/SDR/Vol. I
In pursuance of the provisions of Clause (c) of
Section-60 of the Representation of the People Act,
1951, the Election Commission hereby specifies that
the Covid-19 suspect or affected person, certified by
competent authority, who applies for voting by postal
ballot paper, and subject to verification of his request
by the Returning Officer concerned, would be a class
of persons to give vote by postal ballot in the ongoing
General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of
Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh,
to be notified under Section 30 of Representation of
the People, 1951, as per the provisions in Part-III A of
the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, as amended
vide Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India,
Notification SO No. 1964(E), dated 19th June, 2020
read with the directions and guidelines issued by
the Election Commission on the subject.
By order,
Ashwani Kumar Mohal, Secretary.
New Delhi, 14th January, 2022.
Notification
No. 52/2022/SDR/Vol. I
In pursuance of provisions of Clause (c) of
Section 60 of the Representation of the People Act,
1951, the Election Commission hereby specifies
that the electors above the age of 80 years and
electors with physical disability (benchmark) are
already marked/flagged in the data base of the
electoral rolls of the State/Union Territory and, who
request for voting by postal ballot paper and
subject to the verification of his request by
Returning Officer concerned, would be a class of
persons to give vote by postal ballot in the General
Election in the State/Union Territory concerned, to
be notified under Section 30 of Representation of
the People, 1951, as per the provisions in Part-III A
of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, as amended
vide Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of
India, Notification SO No. 3786(E), dated 22nd
October, 2019, and the directions and guidelines
issued by the Election Commission.
By order,
Ashwani Kumar Mohal, Secretary.
New Delhi, 14th January, 2022.