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The commissioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for the upcoming elections began successful Kozhikode territory connected Thursday (April 2, 2026), covering each 13 assembly constituencies. The process, carried retired nether strict supervision and successful accordance with Election Commission guidelines, is expected to beryllium completed connected Friday (April 3, 2026).
The commissioning, which chiefly ensures the due functioning of the machines, is being conducted nether the enactment of the Returning Officers and Assistant Returning Officers of the respective assembly constituencies. Representatives of assorted governmental parties are besides contiguous to guarantee transparency and foster assurance successful the electoral process.
According to the officials, a cardinal signifier of the process is the campaigner mounting process. It involves affixing ballot labels connected the EVM ballot units, displaying the names and predetermination symbols of the contesting candidates. Once the labels are verified, the units are sealed successful the beingness of officials and enactment representatives.
Following the commissioning process, the prepared voting machines volition beryllium securely stored successful designated beardown rooms nether choky information arrangements. They volition past beryllium distributed to polling officials a time earlier polling.
Returning officers from assorted constituencies confirmed that each indispensable arrangements person been made to guarantee the creaseless and timely completion of the process. They said the EVMs utilized for the voting process are those already tested by a squad of physics engineers astatine the warehouse successful Chathamangalam.
According to Revenue section officials, 3,550 ballot units, 3,550 power units, and 3,830 Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines volition beryllium utilized successful the district. They said each steps related to EVM testing, management, and safekeeping volition beryllium recorded connected camera arsenic portion of the information arrangements.
