handbook for presiding officers - Chief Electoral Officer, Govt. of Sikkim

MINISTRY OF LAW JUSTICE & COMPANY AFFAIRS
(Legislative Department)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 24th March, 1992
S.O. 230(E)– In exercise of the powers conferred by section 169 of the
Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951), the Central Government after
consulting the Election Commission, hereby makes the following rules further to
amend the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 namely :–
1. (l) These rules may be called the Conduct of Elections (Amendment)
Rules, 1992.
2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official
Gazette.
2. In the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the principal
rules).
(a) after the heading to Part IV, the following shall be inserted, namely:–
‘‘Chapter I
Voting by ballot’’;
(b) in rule 28, for the words ‘‘In this Part’’, the words ‘‘In this Chapter and
Chapter II’’ shall be substituted;
(c) after rule 49, the following shall be inserted namely:–
Chapter II
Voting by Electronic Voting Machines
49A. Design of Electronic Voting Machines
Every electronic voting machine (hereinafter referred to as the voting
machine) shall have a control unit and a balloting unit and shall be of such
designs as may be approved by the Election Commission.
49B. Preparation of voting machine by the Returning Officer :–
(1) The balloting unit of the voting machine shall contain such particulars and in
such language or languages as the Election Commission may specify.
(2) The names of the candidates shall be arranged on the balloting unit in the
same order in which they appear in the list of the contesting candidates.
(3) If two or more candidates bear the same name, they shall be distinguished by
the addition of their occupation or residence or in some other manner.
(4) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this rule, the returning officer shall–
(a) fix the label containing the names and symbol of the contesting
candidates in the balloting unit and secure that unit with his seal and
the seals of such of the contesting candidates or their Election Agents
present as are desirous of affixing the same.
(b) set the number of contesting candidates and close the candidate set
section in the control unit and secure it with his seal and the seals of