Publication of Commissions Direction

EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( iii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 65] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY , MARCH 2 3, 2024 /CHAITRA 3, 1946 CG-DL-E-23032024-253363 ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA DIRECTION New Delhi, the 20th March , 202 4 O.N. 71(E).— 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; 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; 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 Commi ssion’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 availabl e 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 tra ined 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 co nstituencies 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, t o be used for the giving and recording of votes in all the Constituencies. [No. 576/3/EVM/2024/SDR -Vol.-I] By O rder, S. B.JOSHI , Principal Secy. Annexure -1 Sl. 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 17. 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 Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.