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The first-level randomisation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for 3 Assembly constituencies successful Nagapattinam territory was carried retired connected Monday successful the beingness of predetermination officials and representatives of recognised governmental parties.
The exercise, held astatine the Collectorate, was conducted nether the supervision of General Observer Parvez Ahmed Siddiq and District Election Officer and Collector P. Akash.
According to officials, the randomisation process covered EVMs earmarked for the Nagapattinam, Kilvelur and Vedaranyam Assembly constituencies.
For Nagapattinam constituency, 288 Ballot Units (BUs), 288 Control Units (CUs) and 312 Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units were randomised. In Kilvelur, 264 BUs, 264 CUs and 286 VVPAT units were included, portion for Vedaranyam, 288 BUs, 288 CUs and 312 VVPAT units underwent the process.
Officials said the randomised machines would beryllium moved connected March 24 from the territory predetermination beardown country to the respective constituency-level beardown rooms nether equipped constabulary protection.
Election officials contiguous astatine the lawsuit included Returning Officers R. Sankara Narayanan (Nagapattinam), Rajeswari (Kilvelur), and K. Kannan (Vedaranyam), on with Assistant Returning Officers, expenditure observers, and different authorities officials.
The workout was carried retired successful accordance with Election Commission guidelines to guarantee transparency successful the allocation of EVMs.
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