First Level Checking of EVMs and VVPATS begins for upcoming Bye Election under Namchi District

Namchi,July 22(IPR): The First Level Checking (FLC) of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPATs) for the upcoming Bye Elections, 2024 of 11 Namchi-Singithang Assembly Constituency was carried out at the conference hall of District Administrative Centre, today.
Present during the FLC were Ms Anupa Tamling DC (Namchi), Mr Subash Ghimirey ADC Namchi, Mr Karma Choda Bhutia Deputy Director LR&DM and representative from political party.
Earlier today, a warehouse established at Election Cell, DAC was opened at 10 am in the presence of Mr Subash Ghimirey ADC Namchi, Mr karma Choda Bhutia Deputy Director LR&DM along with the representative of political party.
As per the guidelines of Election Commission of India(ECI), 35 Ballot Unit, 34 Control Unit and 35 VVPATs were thoroughly checked, wherein 2 Control Units and 1 Ballot Unit were reported to have been found as defectives.
After the FLC, the EVMs and VVPATs were shifted and sealed back to the warehouse at 5pm under 24/7 surveillance.