EVMs

Electronic voting machines (EVMs) and paper trail machines are designed and manufactured indigenously by two public sector undertakings (PSUs), the government said in Lok Sabha on Friday. Responding to a question on whether the government has purchased EVMs and EVM technology from foreign countries, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said according to the Election Commission, EVMs and voter verifiable paper audit trail machines (VVPATs) are designed and manufactured indigenously by Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL), a PSU under the Defence Ministry, and the Electronic Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), another PSU under the Department of Atomic Energy. Paper roll of VVPATs is procured by states and Union Territories from BEL and ECIL, he said in his written reply.

The Assembly elections for the state of Tripura were held on February 16, which saw over 81 per cent voter turnout, informed the Election Commission

At 8:00 am first counting of postal ballots will be done and from 8:30 am along with postal ballots counting of the EVM votes will also start

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Congress alleging tampering of Electronic Voting Machines is an indication that it has already accepted defeat in the Gujarat Assembly elections. Voting for 89 seats in the first phase of the Gujarat elections took place on Thursday. "The way Congress has started blaming EVMs after yesterday's voting in Kutch, Saurashtra and south Gujarat, it is evident the opposition party has conceded defeat and has accepted that the BJP will win the election. Alleging EVM tampering is an indication the Congress is on its way out," said Modi. He was speaking at an election rally in Patan town of north Gujarat where voting will be held along with remaining 92 seats on December 5. "The Congress knows only two things, abuse Modi ahead of polls to please the voters and then blame EVMs after voting. This proves the Congress has accepted defeat," the prime minister said. He also slammed past Congress governments for 'widening' the rift between the rich a

They discussed and deliberated at length the challenge of 3Ms -- machine, money and media -- faced by India's electoral democracy and unanimously passed the resolutions on them.

The Supreme Court dismissed a plea challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of the Representation of the People Act, which had led to the introduction of EVMs

Addressing press conference, Patil expressed his anger over inordinate delay in taking up petitions by the courts regarding election petitions and EVMs

Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said that EVMs are the pride of the nation, which provide accurate and timely results, establishing their credibility ever since they were first put to use

Uttar Pradesh, which has a maximum of 403 assembly constituencies, will have more than 750 counting halls, followed by Punjab over 200

Three officials were removed from election duty in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, a day after the Samajwadi Party alleged that electronic voting machines were being shifted in an unauthorised manner.

Hitting out at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, the BJP said that raising questions on EVM is anti-democratic.

SP and BSP workers created ruckus after a person entered the Mandi Committee of Mathura without an ID card where Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) have been kept

The Samajwadi Party chief had earlier in the day accused the ruling the BJP of trying to steal votes, saying that a truck carrying Electronic Voting Machines was "intercepted" in Varanasi

The exit polls have predicted BJP getting a comfortable majority in the state

Assam Cabinet on Monday gave nod to the proposal to replace paper ballots with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the Guwahati Municipal Corporation polls.

Voting for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began on Thursday at 7 am

The panchayat and municipal polls in the union territory will be held on March 6.

Central Information Commission has ordered disclosure of total number of EVMs and VVPATs that showed defects, errors during testing of their firmware by STQC Directorate.

The court said it will hear in August a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission to stop using electronic voting machine (EVM) and use ballot paper in the forthcoming polls in the country.

Four EVMs and a similar number of VVPATs were found at the house of a Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal's Howrah district, following which a poll official was suspended