What is Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and which party started voting by EVM in India?
What is EVM and which party started voting by EVM in India? Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) of India Introduction In world's largest democracy, we the people of India elect our representatives for grass root level panchayats, state level assemblies and country level parliament. Election Commission of India , an independent constitutional body conducts free and fair elections in India. Conducting an election using EVM's have several advantages e.g. Minimization of invalid votes, Fast viting Fast counting Fast recounting. EVMs are being used in India since 1982, for conducting various elections. EVM consists three units Ballot Unit, Control Unit and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) (added since 2013) In ballot unit voter presses the button as per his/ her choice. Control unit enables the ballot unit to accept vote from voter and stores the vote. In VVPAT, voter can confirm by visual verification (paper slip) whether their vote is registered as pe...