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Chronology

EVMs were first used in 50 polling stations of Parur Assembly Constituency of Kerala in May 1982
These machines could not be used after 1983 after a Supreme Court ruling that necessitated legal backing for the use of Voting machines in elections
The law was amended by Parliament in December, 1988 and a new section 61A was inserted in the Representation of the People Act, 1951 empowering the Commission to use voting machines
On 24th March, 1992, necessary amendment to the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 was notified by the Government in the Ministry of Law and Justice.
An Expert Committee was constituted by the Govt. of India which concluded that these machines are temper proof
Since, November 1998, EVMs have been using in each and every general/bye elections to Parliamentary and Assembly Constituency.
India turned into an e-democracy in General Elections 2004 when EVMs were used across all polling Stations in the country. Since then, all elections were conducted by EVMs .

Benefits

EVMs, devised and designed by ECI in collaboration with two PSUs viz., Bharat Electronics Limited and Electronics Corporation of India Limited, Hyderabad
EVMs reduce the time in both casting a vote and declaring the results compared to the old paper ballot system.
Bogus voting and booth capturing can be greatly reduced by the use of EVMs. Illiterate people find EVMs easier than ballot paper system.
They are easier to transport the EVMs compared to ballot boxes.
It is tamper proof & simple to operate

Salient Features

Program which controls the functioning of the control unit is burnt into a micro chip on a “one time programmable basis”. Once burnt it cannot be read, copied out or altered.
Eliminates the possibility of invalid votes, makes the counting process faster and reduces the cost of printing.
An EVM can be used in areas without electricity as it runs on alkaline batteries.
Elections can be conducted through EVMs if the number of candidates does not exceed 64.
An EVM can record a maximum number of 3840 votes.

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