First randomization of EVMs & VVPATs successfully conducted in Kulgam in presence of Political Parties

KULGAM, AUGUST 22: First Randomization of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and VVPATs for the General Assembly Elections 2024 took place in Kulgam today on Thursday in accordance with the Election Commission of India guidelines.

The process was conducted in presence of the District Election Officer (DEO), Athar Aamir Khan, ROs and the representatives of the national and state recognised political parties.

The Representatives of National and State Recognized Political Parties who were present during the 1st Randomization process include Bhartiya Janta Party, Communist Party of India Marxist, Indian National Congress, Jammu Kashmir National Conference, and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party besides other parties.
The randomisation was done on the EMS Software/Portal of ECI, to the satisfaction of the representatives of all the Political Parties present in the meeting.

All the representatives of political parties expressed their satisfaction over the entire randomisation process.

The copies of lists of randomized CUs/BUs and VVPATs were handed over to the representatives of the political parties present in the meeting during the randomization. Entire process was videographed as per guidelines.