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POSTPOLLI
NSTRUCTI
ONS
COUNTI
NG

 TheReturni
ngOf f
icerwi
llgi
venot i
cet oyouortoy ourelectionagent ,atl
eastone
weekbeforethedateorthef
irstofthedatesfi
xedforthepol l
, oftheplace,
dateand
ti
mef i
xedforthecounti
ngoft hevotes,i
nthefor
mspr escr
ibedbyt heCommi ssi
on
fort
hepurpose,vi
deAppendi
x–XXI IorXXII
Aasmaybeappl icable.

 I
fthevot
esf oraParl
iamentar
yConsti
tuencyarecountedatmor epl
acesthanone,
t
heRetur
ningOffi
cerwil
linf
ormyouory ourel
ect
ionagentsuff
ici
ent
lyi
nadv anceso
t
hatyoumayappointaseparat
esetofcounti
ngagentsforeachsuchpl
ace.
PERSONSALLOWEDI
NSI
DECOUNTI
NGHALL-
(
i)counti
ngsupervi
sorsandcount i
ngassi
stants;
(
ii
)personsauthori
zedbyt heEl
ecti
onCommi ssi
on;
(
ii
i)publ
icservant
sondut yinconnect
ionwiththeel
ecti
on;
(
iv)your
self
,yourelect
ionagentandcounti
ngagents.N.B.
Count
ingAgent
s

 Allcounti
ngagentscanbeappoi nt
edthroughoneForm-18inindupli
cate,signedby
candidateorel
ectionagenttot
heRO.Thi sappointmentofcounti
ngagentsi stobe
doneby1700hr st hreeday
sbeforethedateofcounti
ng.Revocat
ionofpoll
ingagent
canbedonet hr
oughFor m-
19.
 Form- 18mustcont ain–
1.Nameandaddr essofagent
.
2.Phot oID
3.Twopasspor tsizephot
os

 Noparti
cul
arquali
fi
cati
onprescr
ibedf
orpol
l
ingagent
s,howev
er,
mustnotbehav
ing
secur
it
ycoverorpubli
cser
vant.

 Eachcandidatehasbeenal l
owedt oappointasmanycount ingagent sast hereare
count
ingtablesandonemor et owat cht
hecount i
ngattheReturningOfficer’
stable.
Undertheinstructi
onsoftheEl ect
ionCommi ssion,notmor
et hanf our
teent abl
esin
addi
ti
ont oonet abl
ef ort
heRet urningOff
icercanbepr ov
idedf orcount i
ngi none
count
inghall.Thenumberofcount ingagentsthatmaybeappoi ntedbyacandi dat
e
maynotor di
nar i
lyexceedfi
fteen.

 TheRO willi
ssuebadgesandI D cardstotheCountingagent
s,whicht
heyare
requi
redt
owearatt heti
meofcounting.Count
ingAgentsar
enotall
owedtocar
ry
Mobil
ePhoneintheCounti
ngCent
er.

Pr
ecaut
ionsforPost alBall
otcounti
ng–
1.Ther eisnowear ,tearormodifi
cati
onont heenvelope.
2.Ensur ethat13A, 13Band13Cf ormsar eatt
ached.
3.Ifanyinconsistencyisthere,
inf
ormt hatel
ecti
onof fi
ciali
mmedi
atel
y.
4.Iffoundpr operandcount ed,
notethesamei ngivenfor mat.

Thetot
al numberofpost
alvot
esrecei
vedbyeachcandi
dat
esocount
ed,wil
lbeenteredin
ther
esultsheeti
nForm 20andannouncedf
orthei
nformat
ionoft
hecandi
dates/
electi
on
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agent
s/count
ingagent
s.

Thereaf
teral
lthev al
idpostalball
otpapersandalltherej
ectedpostalball
otpaperswillbe
separat
elybundledandkeptt oget
herinapacketandseal edwit
hthesealoft heRetur
ning
Offi
cerandthesealsofsuchoft hecandidat
es,t
heirel
ecti
onagentsorcount i
ngagents(not
exceedi
ngtwoi nrespectofanyonecandi
date)asmaydesir et
oaffi
xtheirseal
st her
eon.

PRECAUTI
ONSI
NEVM COUNTI
NG–

Checkingseal sonthecont r
ol uni
t–
Beforethev otesrecordedinanycontrolunitofav oti
ngmachi near
ecounted,t
hecount i
ng
agentspr esentatt hecount i
ngtabl
eshal lbeal l
owedt oinspectt
heouterstri
pseal,the
speci
alt ag,thepaperseal sandsuchot herv i
talseal
sasmayhav ebeenaf f
ixedont he
carr
yingcaseandt hecont roluni
tandt osatisfythemselv
est hatt
hesealsareintactand
contr
ol unithasnotbeent amperedwith.

ComparingSerialNumberofpaperseal-
Thatseri
alnumberont hepapersealwillbecompar edwit
htheseri
alnumberasgiveninthe
papersealaccountpreparedbyt hePresidi
ngOf f
iceri
nitem 9ofPart1ofFor m 17C.The
count
ingagentspresentatthecounti
ngt abl
ewi l
lbeall
owedtocompar esuchseri
alnumber
ofthepapersealandsat isf
yt hemsel
vest hatthepapersealist
hesamewhi chhadbeen
fi
xedbythePresidingOff
iceratthepol
lingstat
ionbefor
ethecommencementofpol l.

Procedureforcount i
ng–
i. Powerswi tchatt hebackt urned‘ ON’.
ii
. Displaywi l
l glowgr eenwi t
h‘ ON’ lamp.
ii
i
. Paperseal piercedonr esul t–Ibut ton.
iv
. Result- IBut tonpr essed
v. Thereaf terdi splaywi llf i
rstshowTot alnumberofVot esandv otessecur edbyeach
candidat ei nsequenceoft hecandi dates.
vi
. Result–Ibut toncanal sobepr essedagainf oragent stonot edownr esults.
vi
i. Par t–I IofFor m 17Ct obef ill
edbycount i
ngsuper vi
sorwi thv otessecur edbyeach
candidat e.Hewi llalsonot eift hetotalvotest allyorifther eisanydi screpancy .He’l
l
alsogett heFor m 17Csi gnedbyCandi date/orhi sagentatt hetable.
vi
ii. Pol li
ngagent sar er equi redt onot edowneachcandi datev otesineachboot h.
ix
. Thereaf ter,theyar er equi redt oaddandt allythesai dnumber s.
x. Also,requi redt onot edown‘ fai
led’and‘NOTA’ v otes.
xi
. Incaseofanydi scr epancy ,makeacompl aintt ot heconcer nedof fi
cerimmedi atel
y
andobt ainr eceiv i
ngoft hesame.
xi
i. Pol li
ngagent st oensur et hatbef oreopeni ngofnextEVM,cur r
entEVM i sproper l
y
closedandseal ed.
xi
ii. For m 17Csi gnedbyt heCount ingsuper v
isorwi llbesentt oRO, whowi llcountersign
itandsendt hesamet oOf fi
cerpr epari
ngf i
nal resultinFor m 20.
xi
v . Ther eaf ter,Ent riesi nFor m 20shal lbeannouncedsot hatcandi datesandt hei
r
agent smayt akenot e.Al t
er natively
,theentriescanbewr ittenonabl ackboar d.
xv. Af terent irecount ingi sov er,ROwi l
lannouncet her esultinFor m 20.
xvi. Af tert heannouncementi smade,y ou,ori ny ourabsenceel ecti
onagentorany
count i
ngagent s,mayappl yi nwr it
ingforr ecountofv otesr ecordedi nalloranyof
polli
ngst ati
ons, statingt hegr oundsf orrecount .
xvii
. Whensuchanappl i
cat ionf orrecountismade, thegr oundsur gedforther ecountwi l
l
beconsi deredandadeci siont akenbyt heRet ur ningOf fi
cer.
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DECLARATI
ONOFRESULT

Afterthecounti
ngiscomplet
ei nal
lrespectsandt heRetur
ningOff
icerhascompletedand
signedt heFi
nalResul
tSheet,hewil
lpr oceedtof or
mall
ydeclaretheresultofel
ecti
on,if
thereisnodi r
ecti
onoftheCommi ssiont othecont r
ary
.Hewi l
lmaket hedecl
arati
onof
resultinForm 21Cinthecaseofgener alelect
ion,andinForm 21-Dint hecaseofby e-
electi
on.

CERTIFI
CATI ONOFELECTION
Soonafterthedeclar
ati
onofresul
t,t
heRet ur
ningOf fi
cerwil
lgrantt
othet urned(el
ected)
candi
dateacerti
ficat
eofel
ecti
oninForm 22andobt ainfr
om hi
m anacknowl edgementof
i
tsrecei
ptdulysignedbyhi
m.I ncaseheisnotpr esentattheti
meofdecl arati
onofresult
,
heshoul
di mmediatel
ycont
acttheRetur
ningOfficerandobtai
nthecert
if
icateofelect
ion.

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 Obser
ver
sandCandi
dat
es
Vot
ingDayI
nst
ructi
onCompil
ati
onwi
thFAQ

A.FAQsCOUNTI
NGOFVOTES
Q.
1Whoi
sresponsi
blef
ort
hecount
ingofv
otesanddecl
arat
ionof
r
esul
tofanel
ect
ion?
Ans.The Ret
urni
ng Of
fi
cer
.(Ref
er:Sect
ions 64 and 66 of
Repr
esent
ati
onofPeopl
eAct
,1951)
Q.
2Isanyot
herSeni
orOf
fi
cerpost
edi
ntheCount
ingCent
re,
apar
tfr
om
Ret
urni
ngOf
fi
cer
,tosuper
vise/
over
seet
hecount
ingpr
ocess?
Ans.Yes.TheEl
ect
ionCommi
ssi
onofI
ndi
adepl
oysaSeni
orOf
fi
cer
asanObser
vert
oov
erseet
hecount
ingpr
ocessatt
heCount
ing
Cent
re.A Cent
ralGov
t.orCent
ralGov
t.PSU Of
fi
ciali
s al
so
appoi
ntedateachcount
ingt
abl
e.
Q.
3Whatar
ethepower
sofECIObser
veront
hecount
ingday
?
Ans.TheObser
verhast
owat
cht
hatt
hecount
ingi
sdonest
ri
ctl
yin
accor
dancewi
thl
aw andt
hei
nst
ruct
ionsoft
heCommi
ssi
on.He
hast
oensur
ethatt
hecount
ingagent
sar
egi
vent
heoppor
tuni
tyt
o
wat
cht
hewhol
epr
ocessofcount
ingf
rom cl
osequar
ter
s,r
esul
ts
ar
eannouncedr
ound-
wiseandt
het
otal
l
ingi
smadeer
rorf
reeby
doi
ngi
tmanual
l
yaswel
last
hroughcomput
er.TheObser
verhas
t
hepowert
owi
thhol
dthedecl
arat
ionofr
esul
tbyt
heRet
urni
ng
Of
fi
cerunl
esshei
ssat
isf
iedt
hatt
hewhol
epr
ocessofcount
ingi
s
f
reeandf
airaswel
laser
rorf
ree.
Q.
4Ist
her
eanysy
stem of“
randomi
zat
ion”ofcount
ingst
affbef
oret
hey
ar
edepl
oyedatt
hecount
ingcent
re.
?
Ans.Yes.The post
ing ofCount
ing Super
visor
s and Count
ing
Assi
stant
sis done r
andoml
yin such a wayt
hatt
he count
ing
of
fi
ci
alscomet
oknowoft
heAssembl
yConst
it
uencyandt
het
abl
e
assi
gnedt
othem onl
yatt
het
imeoft
hei
rar
ri
valatt
heCount
ing
Cent
reont
hedayoft
hecount
ing.
Q.
5Whet
herMi
croObser
ver
sforcount
ingar
eal
soappoi
ntedasi
nthe
caseofPol
l
?

1
 Obser
ver
sandCandi
dat
es
Vot
ingDayI
nst
ructi
onCompil
ati
onwi
thFAQ

Ans.Yes.Apar
tfr
om onecount
ingsuper
visorandonecount
ing
assi
stantf
oreachcount
ingt
abl
e,oneaddi
ti
onalof
fi
cialofCent
ral
Gov
t./
Cent
ralGov
t.PSUi
sdepl
oyedi
neachcount
ingt
abl
etonot
e
downdet
ail
sofv
otesexhi
bit
edbyt
heEVMscount
edi
neachr
ound
andhandov
ert
hedet
ail
stoCommi
ssi
on’
sObser
ver
.
Q.
6Whoar
etheper
sonsal
l
owedt
oent
eri
nthecount
inghal
l
?
Ans. Onl
y count
ing super
visor
s/assi
stant
s/Mi
cro Obser
ver
s,
Per
sonsaut
hor
izedbyt
heEl
ect
ionCommi
ssi
on,Publ
i
cSer
vanton
dut
yinconnect
ionwi
thel
ect
ionandcandi
dat
eandhi
sel
ect
ion
agent
/count
ingagent
sar
eal
l
owedt
oent
ert
hecount
inghal
l
.
Q.
7Whet
heracandi
dat
ecanent
ert
hecount
ingcampusandcount
ing
hal
lwi
thsecur
it
yper
sonnel
accompany
inghi
m?
Ans.No.I
fhehappenst
obeacandi
dat
e,onl
ySPGpr
otect
eewi
th
onePSO wi
thconceal
edf
ir
ear
msi
sal
l
owedt
oaccompanyt
he
pr
otect
eeandposi
ti
onhi
msel
finsuchamannerast
obeabl
eto
pr
ovi
de t
he r
equi
si
te cov
ert
othe pr
otect
ee shoul
ditbecome
essent
ial
,wi
thoutot
her
wisei
nter
fer
ingwi
tht
hepr
oceedi
ngs.
Q.
8Whet
hert
her
eisanyr
est
ri
cti
onf
orappoi
ntmentofper
sonswho
hav
e been pr
ovi
ded wi
tht
he secur
it
ycov
erbyt
he St
ate as a
count
ingagent
?
Ans.Yes.No per
son hav
ing secur
it
y cov
eri
s al
l
owed t
o be
appoi
nted as count
ing agent as t
he secur
it
y per
sonnel
accompany
ing hi
m cannotbe al
l
owed t
o ent
ert
he campus of
count
ingcent
reandsuchper
soni
sal
sonotal
l
owedt
osur
render
t
hesecur
it
ycov
ert
oenabl
ehi
mtobecomeacount
ingagent
.
Q.
9Howsecur
it
yofcampusofcount
ingcent
rei
sensur
ed?
Ans.At
hree-
ti
ercor
doni
ngsy
stem i
ssetupi
nthecount
ingcent
re
t
opr
eventt
heent
ryofunaut
hor
izedper
sonsi
nsi
det
hecount
ing
cent
re.
Q.
10Howmanycount
ingagent
scanbeappoi
ntedbyacandi
dat
e?

2
 Obser
ver
sandCandi
dat
es
Vot
ingDayI
nst
ructi
onCompil
ati
onwi
thFAQ

Ans.Eachcandi
dat
ehasbeenal
l
owedt
oappoi
ntasmanycount
ing
agent
sast
her
ear
ecount
ingt
abl
esandonemor
etowat
chatt
he
Ret
urni
ngOf
fi
cer
’st
abl
e.(
Ref
er:Sect
ion47ofRepr
esent
ati
onof
Peopl
eAct
,1951)
Q.
11I
sther
eanypr
escr
ibedf
ormf
ormaki
ngappoi
ntmentofcount
ing
agent
s?
Ans.Yes.Thecandi
dat
eorhi
sel
ect
ionagenthast
osubmi
tal
i
stof
count
ingagent
sinFor
m -18al
ongwi
tht
hei
rphot
ogr
aphst
othe
Ret
urni
ngOf
fi
cerl
atestby1700Hr
sont
heday3day
sbef
oret
he
dat
eofcount
ing.TheRet
urni
ngOf
fi
cerwi
l
lpr
epar
eident
it
ycar
ds
f
orsuchagent
sandi
ssuet
hesamet
othecandi
dat
e.(
Ref
er:
Rul
e52
(
2)ofConductofEl
ect
ionsRul
es1961)
Q.
12 How count
ing agent
s ar
e depl
oyed i
nthe count
ing cent
re by
Ret
urni
ngOf
fi
cer
?
Ans.Eachcount
ingagenti
sgi
venabadgei
ndi
cat
ingwhoseagent
hei
sandshowi
ngt
heSl
.No.oft
het
abl
eatwhi
ch,
hemaywat
cht
he
count
ingandi
snotal
l
owedt
omov
eaboutal
lov
ert
hehal
l
.
Q.
13I
sther
eanyupperl
i
mitpr
escr
ibedf
ort
henumberofcount
ingt
abl
es
whi
chcanbepl
acedi
nsi
det
hecount
ingHal
l
?
Ans.Nor
mal
l
y,t
heupperl
i
miti
s15t
abl
esi
ncl
udi
ngt
het
abl
eof
Ret
urni
ngOf
fi
cer
.
Q.
14Whet
hercount
ingagent
sar
eal
l
owedt
ohandl
eEVMs?
Ans.No.I
n each count
ing hal
l
,bar
ri
cades ar
e made f
oreach
count
ingt
abl
esot
hatEVM ar
enothandl
edbyt
hecount
ingagent
s.
Theagent
sar
epr
ovi
dedal
lreasonabl
efaci
l
iti
est
oseet
hewhol
e
pr
ocessatt
hecount
ingt
abl
es.
Q.
15Howi
tisensur
edt
hatCont
rolUni
tofEVM hasnotbeent
amper
ed
wi
th?
Ans.Bef
orev
otesr
ecor
dedi
ntheEVM ar
ecount
ed,t
hecar
ryi
ng
caseandCont
rolUni
tofEVM ar
epl
acedont
hecount
ingt
abl
efor

3
 Obser
ver
sandCandi
dat
es
Vot
ingDayI
nst
ructi
onCompil
ati
onwi
thFAQ

t
hei
nspect
ionandchecki
ngofseal
sther
eonbyt
hecandi
dat
eor
t
hei
ragent
spr
esentatt
hecount
ingt
abl
e.I
fCont
rolUni
tisf
oundt
o
hav
ebeent
amper
edwi
th,v
otesr
ecor
dedi
nthatmachi
near
enot
count
ed and mat
teri
srepor
ted t
othe Commi
ssi
on f
orf
urt
her
di
rect
ion.
Q.
16Atwhatst
age,
thepost
albal
l
otpaper
sar
ecount
ed?
Ans.Thepost
albal
l
otpaper
sar
ecount
edf
ir
statRet
urni
ngOf
fi
cer
’s
Tabl
e.(
Ref
er:
Rul
e54AofConductofEl
ect
ionsRul
es,
1961)
Q.
17Canacandi
dat
easkf
orar
ecount
?
Ans.Yes.Byawr
it
tenappl
i
cat
ionst
ati
ngt
hegr
oundsonwhi
ch
r
ecounti
saskedf
or.Suchappl
i
cat
ioncanbemadet
otheRet
urni
ng
Of
fi
cer
,whopr
epar
esandsi
gnsFi
nal
Resul
tSheet(
For
m 20)
.

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4
 ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
NIRVACHAN SADAN, ASHOKA ROAD, NEW DELHI-110001

No. 5 1/8/VVPAT-INST/20 1 9-EMPS Dated: I S&April. 20 1 9

To
The Chief Electoral Officers of
All States and Union Territories,
Reference: ECI's letter No. 51/8A/VPAT-INST/2018-EMS, dated 13th February,2018

Subject: Mandatory verification of WPAT paper slips- regarding.

Sir,
In supersession of the Commission's letter No. 51/8/VVPAT-INST/201S-EMS, dated
l3th February,2018, I am directed to state that in pursuance to Hon'ble Supreme Court's order
dated 8th April, 2019, the Commission has directed that henceforth, mandatory verification
of VVPAT paper slips of randomly selected 05 (five) polling stations shall be conducted in all
future General and B)re Elections to the House of the People and State Legislative
Assemblies, in addition to the provisions of Rule 56D of the Conduct of Elections Rules,

7961, after the completion of the last round of counting of votes recorded in the EVMs, as
under:

(a) In case of General and Bye elections to State Legislative Assemblies, verification of
VVPAT paper slips of randomly selected 05 (five) polling stations per Assembly
Constituency.
(b) In case of General and Bye elections to the House of the People, verification of
VVPAT paper slips of randomly selected 05 (polling) polling stations of each

Assembly Segment of the Parliamentary Constituency concerned.

For this mandatory verification of VVPAT paper slips, the following procedure shall
be lollowed:

1. The verification of VVPAT paper slips of randomly selected 05 (five) polling stations
for each Assembly Constituency/Segment shall be taken up after the completion of
the last round of counting of votes recorded in the EVMs and VVPAT paper slips
count due to non-display of result from the Control Unit(s) or under Rule 56(D) of the
Conduct of Elections Rules 1961 or whatsoever the reason.

2. The random selection of 05 (five) polling stations per Assembly

Constituency/Segment shall be done by Draw of lots. by the Returning Officer

concerned, in the presence of candidates/their agents the General Observer

appointed by the Commission for that Constituency.

a
The draw of lots must be conducted immediately, after the completion of the last
round of counting of votes mentioned at Para 1 above, in the designated Counting
Hall for the particular Assembly Constituency/Assembly Segment'
4. A written intimation regarding the conduct of draw of lots for the random selection of
05 (five) polling stations for verification of VVPAT Slips shall be given by the
Returning Officer to the Candidates/their election agents well in advance.
5. The following procedure shall be followed for the conduct of draw of lots:
a. White colour paper cards of postcard size shall be used for conducting the draw of
lots.

b. Total number of such paper cards should be equal to total number of polling
stations in the Assembly Constituency. The polling station(s) whose VVPAT
paper slips have been counted due to non-display of result from Control Unit(s) or

under Rule 56(D) of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 or whatsoever the

reason, shall not be included in the draw of lots for mandatory verification of
VVPAT slips count.
c. The paper cards shall have pre-printed Assemblt' ConstituencyiAssembly
Segment number, AC/AS name and date of polling on the top, and the polling
station number in the centre. Each digit of the polling station number shall be
atleast 1" x 1"(i inch by 1 inch) size and printed in black ink'
d. The paper cards to be used for draw of lots should be four-folded in such a way
that polling station number is not visible'
e. Each paper card shall be shown to the candidates/their agents before folding and
dropping in the container'
f. The paper cards shall be kept in the big container and must be shaken before
picking up 05 (five) slips by the Returning Officer'
6. The verification of VVPAT paper slips shall be done in a 'VVPAT Counting

Booth'(VCB), specially prepared for this purpose inside the Counting Hall. The booth
shall be enclosed in a wire mesh just like a bank cashier's cabin so that no
VVPAT
in
paper slip can be accessed by any unauthorized person. One of the Counting tables

the Counting Hall can be converted into the VCB and can be used for normal
counting of round-wise EVM votes before the count of V{PAT slips as pel random
selection after the completion of round-wise EVM counting.
7. The Verification count of the VVPAT paper slips of the randomly selected 05 (five)
polling station shall be conducted sequentially i.e. one after another.
8. The Verification count of the VVPAT paper slips of the randomly selected 05 (five)
polling station shall be conducted strictly in accordance with the instructions of the
Commission on counting of printed paper slips.
9. The Retuming Officer and Assistant Returning Officer, as the case may be, shall
personally supervise the counting of VVPAT paper slips at the VCB. The Observer
concerned shall maintain close and direct oversight on the entire exercise and ensure
strict compliance of the Commission's instructions.
10. In case there is any mismatch between electronic count of the Control Units and
VVPAT slips manual count, recounting of the VVPAT slips of that particular EVM
shall be conducted till the recount is tallied either with the EVM count or one of the
previous VVPAT slips count.

11. After completing the process as specified in para 10 above, if there is any discrepancy
between EVM count and VVPAT paper slips count, as per Rule 56D(4)(b) of the
Conduct of Elections Rules 1961, the VVPAT paper slips count shall prevail. Hence.
if there is discrepancy between the count of votes displayed on the Control Unit and
the count of printed paper slips in respect of that Polling Station, the result sheet will
be amended as per the printed paper slips count.

12. The above process shall be fully videographed.

13. After completion of the above process, the Returning Officer shall give a cerlificate in
the annexed format (Annexure-A) separately for each polling station to the Chief
Electoral Officer concerned. The CEO shall compile the repofts for the entire

State/UT and submit a consolidated summarized report to the Commission within 7

days from the end ofcounting process.

14. The Observers appointed by the Commission shall also submit their report to the
Commission through the Zonal Secretary concerned in the annexed format
(Annexure-B).

The above direction of the Commission shall be brought to the notice of all
concerned.

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 Annexure-A
Mandatory verification of paper slips of WPAT of 05 (five) randomly selected
Polling Stations
(Separate for each polling station- To be sent onl.v to the CEO concerned)

Name of State:
No. and Name of Assemblr 'Parliamentary Constituenc-v:
No. and Name of Assembll- Segment (in case of PC):
Sl.No. and name of Polling Station:
Unique ID of Control Unit:.......
Unique ID of VVPAT:..
It is certify that mandatorl r'erification of paper slips of \'\'PAT of randoml-v selected polling
station mentioned above has been conducted as per the instructions of the Commission.

Name of Candidate No. of Votes Cast Discrepancy if any

As per EVM As per Paper Slips
1.

2.
J.

NOTA
TOTAL VOTES

(Present during the mandatory verification of VVPAT slips count)

S.No. Name of Candidate/ Mention Name of Party Signature

Counting Agent Candidate/
Counting Agent

Signature of Assistant Returning Officer

Signature of Returning Officer

Signature of ECI Observer

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 Annexure-B
Report on Mandatory verification of paper slips of WPAT of 05
(five) randomly
selected Polling Stations
(To be sent to the commission through the zonal secretary concerned)

Name of State:
No. and Name of Assembly/Parliamentary Constituency: '''''

No. and Name of Assembly Segment (in case of PC): ' '
S1. No. and name of Polling Station:
1
l.

2.
3.
4.
5.

of paper slips
It is certify that the entire process of mandatory verification of counting
conducted under my close and
of VVPAT of randomly selected 05 polling stations has been
instructions'
direct oversight with strict compliance of the Commission's

-- Signature --

lName of ECI Observer)

Observer Code: