NEW DELHI: The Election Commission does now not have any "material information" at the selection of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) had to behavior simultaneous elections, the panel has said in a reply to an RTI question.
Pune-based Vihar Durve, through his RTI software, had approached the Commission in quest of to grasp the provision and wish of EVMs and VVPAT to hold out elections across the country in 'one nation, one ballot' mode.
In his reaction, Election Commission undersecretary Madhusudan Gupta said, "The information sought by you is not available in any material form as mentioned under Section 2 (f) of the Right to Information Act."
The segment defines knowledge as "any material in any form, including records, documents, emails, opinions, advices, press releases, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force".
In their discussions on keeping simultaneous elections in the country, the EC officers had said they would wish round Rs four,500 crore to buy just about 12 lakh additional EVMs and an equivalent number VVPAT machines.
The estimate used to be according to the present value to acquire the devices.
BJP president Amit Shah had written to the Law Commission on August 13 supporting keeping the Lok Sabha and meeting polls concurrently.
A paper through the Law Commission had really useful keeping the Lok Sabha and meeting polls in two stages starting 2019.
Political parties are divided at the issue.
Besides, NDA constituent Shiromani Akali Dal, AIADMK, Samajwadi Party and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti have supported it.
The Congress, Trinamool Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, DMK, Telugu Desam Party, Left parties and the JD(S) have adverse the proposal.
"On the issue of 'one nation, one poll', the Election Commission had given inputs and suggestions in 2015 itself...Other requirements of additional police force, polling personnel would also be needed," Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat had said.
The Election Commission had told the Law Commission that during case of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies in 2019, they'll require just about 24 lakh EVMs, double the number required to carry handiest the Parliamentary polls.
In case simultaneous polls are held, two separate units of EVMs and VVPAT machines must be positioned in separate compartments for the ones contesting the Lok Sabha polls and the meeting elections respectively.
"There are nearly 10 lakh polling stations across the country. Since EVMs and paper-trail machines are deployed in every polling station, the requirement is for 10 lakh EVMs and an equal number of paper-trail machines. "In addition, 20 in line with cent of the machines are kept in the reserve. That comes to 2 lakh. Therefore, to carry the Lok Sabha polls in 2019, the EC wishes 12 lakh EVMs and an equivalent selection of VVPAT machines," a functionary had defined.
Pune-based Vihar Durve, through his RTI software, had approached the Commission in quest of to grasp the provision and wish of EVMs and VVPAT to hold out elections across the country in 'one nation, one ballot' mode.
In his reaction, Election Commission undersecretary Madhusudan Gupta said, "The information sought by you is not available in any material form as mentioned under Section 2 (f) of the Right to Information Act."
The segment defines knowledge as "any material in any form, including records, documents, emails, opinions, advices, press releases, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force".
In their discussions on keeping simultaneous elections in the country, the EC officers had said they would wish round Rs four,500 crore to buy just about 12 lakh additional EVMs and an equivalent number VVPAT machines.
The estimate used to be according to the present value to acquire the devices.
BJP president Amit Shah had written to the Law Commission on August 13 supporting keeping the Lok Sabha and meeting polls concurrently.
A paper through the Law Commission had really useful keeping the Lok Sabha and meeting polls in two stages starting 2019.
Political parties are divided at the issue.
Besides, NDA constituent Shiromani Akali Dal, AIADMK, Samajwadi Party and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti have supported it.
The Congress, Trinamool Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, DMK, Telugu Desam Party, Left parties and the JD(S) have adverse the proposal.
"On the issue of 'one nation, one poll', the Election Commission had given inputs and suggestions in 2015 itself...Other requirements of additional police force, polling personnel would also be needed," Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat had said.
The Election Commission had told the Law Commission that during case of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies in 2019, they'll require just about 24 lakh EVMs, double the number required to carry handiest the Parliamentary polls.
In case simultaneous polls are held, two separate units of EVMs and VVPAT machines must be positioned in separate compartments for the ones contesting the Lok Sabha polls and the meeting elections respectively.
"There are nearly 10 lakh polling stations across the country. Since EVMs and paper-trail machines are deployed in every polling station, the requirement is for 10 lakh EVMs and an equal number of paper-trail machines. "In addition, 20 in line with cent of the machines are kept in the reserve. That comes to 2 lakh. Therefore, to carry the Lok Sabha polls in 2019, the EC wishes 12 lakh EVMs and an equivalent selection of VVPAT machines," a functionary had defined.
No material information on number of EVMs, VVPAT needed for simultaneous polls: EC
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