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GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Elections

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer

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Direction

No. 5-4-2024/ELEC/2579

The following Direction No. 576/3/EVM/2024/SDR-Vol.I dated 20-03-2024 issued by the Election

Commission of India, New Delhi, is hereby published for general information.

Smt. Triveni P. Velip, Joint Chief Electoral Officer.

Panaji, 20th March, 2024.

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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

Nirvachan Sadan,

Ashoka Road,

New Delhi-110001

No. 576/3/EVM/2024/SDR-Vol.-I

Dated:

20th March, 2024

Phalguna 30, 1945

Direction

No. 576/3/EVM/2024/SDR-Vol.-I:- Whereas, Section 61A of t he 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

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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 all the Parliamentary

Constituencies of Lok Sabha, all the Assembly Constituencies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,

Odisha & Sikkim at the current general elections, 2024 and in 26 Assembly Constituencies (as per

Annexure-1) in 13 States at the current bye-elections, announced vide the Election Commission’s Press

Notes No. ECI/PN/23/2024 & ECI/PN/24/2024 both dated 16th March, 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 all the Parliamentary

Constituencies and all the Assembly Constituencies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and

Sikkim and in 26 Assembly Constituencies (as per Annexure-1) of 13 States. 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 all the Parliamentary Constituencies of the Lok Sabha, all the Assembly Constituencies

of the Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha & Sikkim at the current

General Elections, 2024 and 26 Assembly Constituencies (as per Annexure-1) in 13 States at the current

bye-election, as per the schedule announced by the Election Commission on 16th March, 2024, as the

Constituencies in which the votes, shall 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,

S. B. Joshi,

Principal Secretary.

ANNEXURE-1

Sr. No.

Name of State

Assembly Constituency No. & Name

1.

Bihar

195-Agiaon (SC)

2.

Gujarat

26-Vijapur

3.

108-Khambhat

4.

136-Vaghodia

5.

85-Manavadar

6.

83-Porbandar

7.

Haryana

21-Karnal

8.

Jharkhand

31-Gandey

9.

Maharashtra

30-Akola West

10.

Tripura

7-Ramnagar

11.

Uttar Pradesh

136-Dadraul

12.

173-Lucknow East

13.

292-Gainsari

14.

403-Duddhi (ST)

15.

West Bengal

62-Bhagawangola

16.

113-Baranagar

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Telangana

71-Secunderabad Cantt. (SC)

18.

Himachal Pradesh

18-Dharamshala

19.

21-Lahaul & Spiti (ST)

20.

37-Sujanpur

21.

39-Barsar

22.

42-Gagret

23.

45-Kutlehar

24.

Rajasthan

165-Bagidora (ST)

25.

Karnataka

36-Shorapur (ST)

26.

Tamil Nadu

233-Vilavancode

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