ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

1\-IRVACIIAN SADAN, SIIoKA ltodD. N!:,W DITLIII-110001

No. s l/8/iNS'l-/20 i 7JlMS Dated: 18th May, 2017

To
ltrc Chicflllcctoral Officcrs ol
AII Stalas and ljnion l'crritories.

Subjcct: Standard Operating Pr.ocedure (Sop) lor l r.aining (including

dcmonsuation and awarcness programmc) of IIVM & WpA,l .

Sir,Madam,

I
am dirccted to forward hcrewith a copy of the Standard Opcrating
Procedurc (SoP) lor'l raining (including dcmonslmlion alrd awarcness programme)

of EVM & WIrAl' for kind perusal and compliancc.

Any lapscs in compliancc ofrhe abovc Sop shall bc vicwcd scriously by thc
Commission. lhc samc SoP shall bc brought to notice ollall conocrned.

ifhtu11y,

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llnder Secretary
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1. l'hc Chairrnan-cum-Managing I)ircctor,

Bharat Ill,rctronics l-imitcd,
Nagavara, Outer Ring lload,
Ilangalorc 500045, Kamaraka.

2. Thc Chairman-cum-Managing Dircctor,

Illcctronics Corporation of lndia I_imitcd.
I iyderabad, Andhra Pradcsh.
Standard Operating Proccdure (SoP) for Training (including dcmonstration
and awarcness programme) of EVM & WpAT

The Commission has dircctcd rhar following SoP shall strictly bc ibllowed lor Training
(including demonstratjon and awarcness programmc) of I]VM & WpAT:
> EVM or/and VVPAT uscd for lhc alorcsaid purposc shali be ohecked/tested by authorised
enginecr(s) of M/s Bharat Blcctronics Limited (BltL) and M/s Elecronics Corporation
oflndia Limitcd (DCIL), as thc casc may bc, during Filst Level Checking (FI-C).
> Only -|LC OK ' rulits shall be Llscd lbr training, dcmonstration ar1d awareness campaign.
) Engineer(s) of BEL aDd ECIL shall cnsure that thele is no dala (including ballot paper,
in case of Ballor l]nit) ofprevious election in the EVM .Lnd VVPAT also.
> Engineer(s) shall only use durnmy symbols for ballot paper(s) and VVPAT as mentioned

bclow:
o lor name ofcandidates- AAA, BBB, CCC, .........and so on;

o For symbol ofcandidates- Alpha (cr), Bcta (P), cama (T)...........and so on.

Samplc:

I,'or'l'raining/Demo/Awarcness

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Only Sample baltot papcrs, having dummy names and symbols, shall be used foriraining,
dcmonstmtion, awarencss campaign and lrirst Lcvel Chccking ofEVMs or/and VVpATs.

BEI-/ECIL shall cnsure that engincers depuLed lor training, demonstration, awareness
campaign and l.irst Lcvcl Chccking ot IJVMs or/and WI,A.Is must carry ncccssary
cquipment/Zig lor sy.nbol loading and prep.lration of sample ballol papcrs
and printcr
fbr pdnting scquential print ou1 ofdummy da1a.

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