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TRANSPARENCY AND CREDIBILITY
VVPAT universalised: Poli cal Par es Registra on Tracking
VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) is now a ached Management System:
to every EVM (Electronic Vo ng Machine) deployed in the Since January 1, 2020 the applicants can track the status of
polling. A paper slip briefly pops up behind a small glass their applica ons, made for registra on of poli cal par es,
window of VVPAT unit confirming that the vote has gone to online. The launch of h ps://pprtms.eci.gov.in/ portal has
the candidate against whose name the EVM bu on was transformed a system that was earlier completely offline
pressed. As per the Hon'ble Supreme Court's order dated with li le scope for visibility. Since 1989, the Elec on
April 8, 2019 VVPAT slips of five polling booths per Commission has a statutory responsibility to register the
Assembly Cons tuency are compulsorily tallied with EVM poli cal par es under Sec on 29A of the Representa on of
results thereby ensuring transparency and credibility. The the People Act, 1951 as amended in 1988 (Act 1 of 1989).
VVPAT facility was first introduced in 2013, when it was
used in select cons tuencies, before being universalised in
2018. The en re Seventeenth General Elec ons, 2019 was
conducted by EVM-VVPAT. The VVPAT paper slips are
preserved for 45 days from the coun ng, or ll the disposal
of elec ons pe ons, wherever they have been filed.

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