Election Commission press release · 31 March 2026 · pibtracker filter

General Elections to Legislative Assemblies and bye-elections 2026

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Second Randomisation of EVM-VVPATs for Assam, Kerala and Puducherry completed Posted On: 31 MAR 2026 7:26PM by PIB Delhi Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule for the General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and bye-elections in 6 states on March 15, 2026. EVMs are allotted to their respective polling stations through a 2-stage randomisation process through EVM Management System. In the first stage, EVMs are randomly allocated from District level warehouses to the Assembly Constituencies . In the second stage, EVMs are randomly allocated from the AC level to the polling station level . As per the directions of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the First Randomization was done through EVM Management System (EMS) by the DEOs in the presence of the representatives of National and State recognised political parties for the General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and bye-elections in 6 states. Around 8.85 lakh units of EVM (Ballot Unit, Control Unit and VVPAT) were allocated for use in elections through the first randomization process of EVMs. Second randomisation of EVMs has been done through EVM Management System (EMS) by the ROs in the presence of contesting candidates for the General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala and Puducherry and bye-elections in Goa, Karnataka, Nagaland and Tripura going to polls on April 9, 2026. The list of first and second randomized EVMs and VVPATs will also be shared with all the contesting candidates . Second randomization of EVMs will also be done for the General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and bye-elections in remaining 2 states as per procedure, after the last date of withdrawal of candidature. ********** PK/GDH/RP (Release ID: 2247369) Visitor Counter : 2178 Read this release in: Punjabi , Tamil , Malayalam , Urdu , हिन्दी , Bengali , Gujarati Election Commission General Elections to Legislative Assemblies and bye-elections 2026 Second Randomisation of EVM-VVPATs for Assam, Kerala and Puducherry completed Posted On: 31 MAR 2026 7:26PM by PIB Delhi Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule for the General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and bye-elections in 6 states on March 15, 2026. EVMs are allotted to their respective polling stations through a 2-stage randomisation process through EVM Management System. In the first stage, EVMs are randomly allocated from District level warehouses to the Assembly Constituencies . In the second stage, EVMs are randomly allocated from the AC level to the polling station level . As per the directions of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the First Randomization was done through EVM Management System (EMS) by the DEOs in the presence of the representatives of National and State recognised political parties for the General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and bye-elections in 6 states. Around 8.85 lakh units of EVM (Ballot Unit, Control Unit and VVPAT) were allocated for use in elections through the first randomization process of EVMs. Second randomisation of EVMs has been done through EVM Management System (EMS) by the ROs in the presence of contesting candidates for the General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala and Puducherry and bye-elections in Goa, Karnataka, Nagaland and Tripura going to polls on April 9, 2026. The list of first and second randomized EVMs and VVPATs will also be shared with all the contesting candidates . Second randomization of EVMs will also be done for the General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and bye-elections in remaining 2 states as per procedure, after the last date of withdrawal of candidature. ********** PK/GDH/RP (Release ID: 2247369) " /> Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule for the General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and bye-elections in 6 states on March 15, 2026.</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">EVMs are allotted to their respective polling stations through a 2-stage randomisation process through EVM Management System. In the first stage, EVMs are randomly allocated from District level warehouses to the Assembly Constituencies. In the second stage, EVMs are randomly allocated from the AC level to the polling station level.</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">As per the directions of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the First Randomization was done through EVM Management System (EMS) by the DEOs in the presence of the representatives of National and State recognised political parties for the General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and bye-elections in 6 states. Around</li> 8.85 lakh units of EVM (Ballot Unit, Control Unit and VVPAT) were allocated for use in elections through the first randomization process of EVMs. <li style="text-align: justify;">Second randomisation of EVMs has been done through EVM Management System (EMS) by the ROs in the presence of contesting candidates for the General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala and Puducherry and bye-elections in Goa, Karnataka, Nagaland and Tripura going to polls on April 9, 2026.</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">The list of first and second randomized EVMs and VVPATs will also be shared with all the contesting candidates.</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">Second randomization of EVMs will also be done for the General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and bye-elections in remaining 2 states as per procedure, after the last date of withdrawal of candidature.</li> ********** PK/GDH/RP " /> var mPlayer = document.getElementById("background_music"); 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