The first EVM randomization took place in Panchkula
In preparation for the next general election in 2024, the district election office here conducted the first randomization of EVMs. DEO Yash Garg and delegates from other political parties were present throughout the procedure.
Garg claimed to have given instructions for holding the Lok Sabha elections in a peaceful and transparent way. Additionally, the DEO went to the new Mini-Secretariat’s EVM-VVPAT storage.
For the next elections, he said, 268 VVPATs, 247 ballot units, and 247 control units were being delivered to the Kalka constituency, while 253 VVPATs, 233 ballot units, and 233 control units were being sent to the Panchkula Assembly constituency.
He stated that the machines belonging to the Kalka segment would be held at Government Women Post Graduate College, Sector 14, and those belonging to the Panchkula constituency would be kept in the strong room of Government Post Graduate College, Sector 1.
On the occasion were representatives of several political parties, including CPI (M), Indian National Lok Dal, Congress, Jannayak Janata Party, Aam Aadmi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, and Bharatiya Janata Party, in addition to Additional Deputy Commissioner Sachin Gupta, ARO Gaurav Chauhan, and Municipal Magistrate Mannat Rana.
