Bangalore, Apr 3 (PTI) Bangalore South is among the seven
constituencies in the country chosen by the Election
Commission to introduce Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
(VVPAT) system on an experimental basis.
"During this Lok Sabha elections, this machine (VVPAT)
will be used in seven places, Bangalore South has been chosen
from Karnataka," Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar Jha told
reporters here.
Others include Patna Sahib in Bihar, Raipur in
Chhattisgarh, Gandhinagar in Gujarat, Chennai Central in Tamil
Nadu, Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh and Jadavpur in West Bengal.
In VVPAT system, when voter presses button for the
candidate of his choice in the Electronic Voting Machine, a
paper ballot exhibiting the name and symbol on which the vote
has been cast will be printed, and the voter can verify it.
The slip will detach after few seconds and gets dropped in to
a secret box attached to the machine.
VVPAT system was earlier used in Delhi Assembly polls.
Explaining why Bangalore South was chosen, Jha said it
has the least number of polling stations which is about 1,925.
"On the basis of the availability of VVPAT machine, the
Election Commission had directed to select the constituency
with less polling stations- so Bangalore south was chosen."
"VVPAT will be used in 1,925 polling stations for which
2,455 machines have been manufactured by Bharat Electronic
Limited (BEL) and supplied to us. Required training to
officials has been given in this regard," he added.
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