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The first-level checking of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs) was held astatine the Salem Collectorate connected Thursday (December 11, 2025).
District Collector R. Brindha Devi presided implicit the lawsuit and the checking was carried retired successful the beingness of representatives of recognised governmental parties.
Later, the Collector said that based connected the directions of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the first-level checking of the 8,412 ballot units, 4,888 control units, and 5,336 VVPATs that are going to beryllium utilized for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections was carried retired by the the engineers of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).
The checking, which began connected Thursday, volition beryllium held successful the beardown country astatine the Salem Collectorate. Armed constabulary unit were deployed successful the country and arrangements have been made for the representatives of recognised governmental parties to sojourn the beardown country and to verify the works nether mode each day, the Collector added.
Officials from departments acrophobic were besides contiguous during the verification.
