Chandigarh, January 17
With not more than 16 candidates filing nominations in any constituency, Punjab will not require more than one electronic voting machine (EVM) in every polling booth and hence, has a surplus of machines.
The state will lend 800 ballot units of EVMs to Uttarakhand where two constituencies in Dehradun and Haridwar have more than 16 candidates and require more than one ballot unit.
Punjab will require 20,000 EVMs for nearly 20,000 polling booths. It has a surplus of 800 EVMs.
Every ballot unit can accommodate names and symbols of 16 candidates only. If their number exceeds 16, another ballot unit is connected to accommodate names and symbols of more candidates.
In Punjab, only Jalalabad and Patiala Rural have 16 candidates where all buttons on a ballot unit would be put to use. The minimum number of candidates is five in Dera Baba Nanak, Qadian, Batala, Garh Shankar, Dakha, Raikot and Zira. “As we would not require more than one ballot unit, we will send our 800 units to Uttarakhand,” said Raj Kamal Chaudhary, Additional Chief Election Officer of Punjab.
No comments:
Post a Comment