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Which Countries use

Electronic Voting
Machines?
Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) have
replaced the old ballot paper system in India.
EVMs are used Although many countries of the
world; including England, France, Germany,
Netherlands, and the United States have banned
the use of EVMs.

By HEMANT SINGH
FEB 6, 2020, 12:25 IST

China is the most populous country in the world

but it is not a democratic country that is why
India is considered the world’s largest
democratic country.

General elections are held in India after a period

of 5 years, but if the government falls before 5
years then elections can be conducted before
the scheduled time.

In India, for many years elections have been

conducted with the help of ballot papers, but this
process was very expensive, slow, opaque and
environment unfriendly. So the Election
Commission of India decided to switch to EVM.

The Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) was first

used in Kerala’s 'Parur Assembly' polls in
1982.

After this inception, the Electronic Voting

Machine (EVM) in India was used in the limited
constituencies in the 1999 Lok Sabha elections,
whereas after the Lok Sabha Election-2004 the
EVM is used thoroughly in the Lok Sabha and
State Assembly elections.

How to register to Vote in India?

About the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM);

Maximum of 2,000 votes can be recorded in

EVMs used in India. These EVMs have been
designed by the Election Commission's
Technical Expert Committee (TEC) in
collaboration with two PSUs, Bharat
Electronics Limited, Bangalore and Electronic
Corporation of India Limited, Hyderabad.

A good property of these EVMs is that Electricity

is not required in their operation because they
already have a battery back-up system.
Therefore, with the help of these machines,
elections can be conducted in those areas which
do not have electricity.

The M2 EVMs can cater to a maximum of 64

candidates including NOTA. There is provision
for 16 candidates in a Balloting Unit. If the total
number of candidates exceeds 16, more
balloting units can be attached up to a maximum
of 64 candidates by connecting 4 Balloting Units.

The Cost of M2 EVMs was Rs.8670/EVM while

the cost of M3 EVMs has been tentatively fixed at
about Rs. 17,000 per unit.

EVMs around the World

It is very interesting to note that different trends

are seen in different areas of the world about the
use of EVM. At one end some countries of
Europe and North America are getting away from
the EVM system while some countries of South
America and Asia are showing interest in EVMs.

As per an estimate; 31 countries used or studied

the EVMs, only 4 used it nationwide, 11 used
EVMs in some parts or small elections. There are
5 countries using it on a pilot basis, 3 nations
have discontinued it and 11 that used it on a pilot
basis decided to stop its use.

India has given technical support related to

the EVM to Jordan, Maldives, Namibia, Egypt,
Bhutan, and Nepal. In these countries,
Bhutan, Nepal, and Namibia are using
Electronic Voting Machines made in India.

Electronic Voting Machines are used in some of

the world's largest democracies, including Brazil,
India and the Philippines. Some other countries
are;

1. Belgium

2. Estonia

3. Venezuela

4. United Arab Emirates

5. Jordan

6. Maldives

7. Namibia

8. Egypt

9. Bhutan

10. Nepal

In which major countries do not use EVMs;

Serious doubts about safety, accuracy, reliability,

and verification of elections through electronic
machines are raised throughout the world. It is
surprising that even some in major developed
countries of the world do not rely on the
technology of EVMs.

Many countries of the world, including

England, France, Germany, the Netherlands
and the United States, have banned the use of
EVMs.

The only form of e-voting in the USA is via email

or fax. Technically, the voter is sent a ballot form,
they fill it in, return it by email, or fax a digital
photo of the ballot with their choice marked.

In October 2006, the Netherlands banned the

use of EVMs. In the year 2009, the Republic of
Ireland banned its use which is followed by Italy
in the same year.

In March 2009, the Supreme Court of Germany

ruled that voting through EVM was
unconstitutional. The Court believed that
transparency in elections is the constitutional
right of the people, but "efficiency" is not
constitutionally protected value.

This is not the first time that there has been

debate over the EVM in the country.
Subramanian Swamy had raised this issue in
2009, although he was not with the BJP at that
time, and the Congress party was in power at the
Centre. Though now Swamiji is calm on this issue
while other political parties are demanding the
ban of EVM.

As a matter of fact, it would be right to say that it

does not matter that by which means the election
is conducted but the democracy must win in all
situations.

List of All the Political Parties in India

Which Countries use Electronic Voting

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