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ǐबहार गजट (असाधारण) 5 अÈ तूबर 2020
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
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DIRECTION
Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001/Dated : 3rd October, 202011 Asvina, Saka, 1942
No.576/3/EVM/2020/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 Election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar announced vide the
Election Commission’s Press Note No. ECI/PN/64/2020 dated 25th September, 2020, and is
satisfied that sufficient number of Eelectronic 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 Bihar, 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 Assembly Constituencies of Bihar for the general
election to the Legislative Assembly notified/to be notified on 01-10-2020, 09-10-2020 & 13-10-
2020 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,
NARENDRA N. BUTOLIA,
sr. principal secretary.
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ǐबहार गजट (असाधारण)
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