Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) was first used at Parur Constituency during the mid-term Assembly polls in Kerala in May 1982.
A total of 50 EVMs were used in that election.
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Buoyed by the success of the experiment, the EVMs were employed alongside ballot boxes in assembly polls in Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Bihar during 1982-83.
(Published 28 March 2024, 14:43 IST)
