KNOWLEDGE SIR

Lok Sabha polls: EC to use EVM with VVPAT in all 72,723 Bihar polling stations  KNOWLEDGE SIR. 11 JANUARY 2019 PATNA: The Election Commission of India Wednesday began preparations for holding general elections in Bihar next year.  The office of Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar, organised a workshop on "First Level Checking (FLC) of EVM and VVPAT and accessible election" in the state capital.  All the district returning officer-cum-district magistrate, all deputy chief electoral officers, additional election officers and representatives of political parties, NGOs and others participated in t ..  Bihar has a total of 40 Lok Sabha constituencies.  Briefing mediapersons, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), H R Srinivasa said that the election commission has decided that EVM along with VVPAT will be used in all the 72,723 polling stations in the state.  A total of 86,000 VVPAT machines have already been brought from Bharat Engineering Ltd (BEL), the PS...