EC will get 30,000 new paper trail by July

New Delhi April 21: The Election Commission will get 30,000 new paper trail VVPAT machines in July said one of the officials.

In order to fulfill the polling stations in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh they will require 30000 VVPAT.

Balancing its present stock to a level where it can deploy these units in all polling stations during the assembly polls in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.

“We have 53,500 VVPAT machines. In the next three months, we will get 30,000 new machines. Nearly 84,000 units are sufficient for use in all polling stations in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh,” a Commission official said.



The poll will make a formal announcement that VVPAT machines will be used in all polling stations in the two states when the poll schedule will be announced.

While the term of the 182-member Gujarat assembly is ending on January 22 next year 2018, the term of the 68-member Himachal Pradesh assembly will end on January 7,2018. Going by the precedents, the elections could be held in December this year.