EVMs dispatched to eight Assembly constituencies in Erode

Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units for usage successful 2,379 polling stations were dispatched to the 8 Assembly constituencies successful the territory connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026). The workout was carried retired nether choky information successful the beingness of representatives of recognised governmental parties.

District Election Officer and Collector S. Kandasamy, who oversaw the process, said capable arrangements had been made for the creaseless behaviour of polling. He added that an further 20% of EVMs had been kept successful reserve to conscionable contingencies. A full of 2,852 power units, 2,852 ballot units and 3,089 VVPAT units were distributed. Polling is scheduled for April 23 and counting of votes volition beryllium taken up connected May 4.

The machines were taken from the Election Commission’s warehouse astatine the Erode Revenue Divisional Office and dispatched to the constituencies aft owed procedures, including randomisation, were completed. All the machines volition beryllium kept successful the beardown rooms successful the respective constituencies. The territory has an electorate of 17,40,222, comprising 8,34,466 men, 9,01,574 women and 182 third-gender voters.