As per the direction of Election Commission of India (ECI), 4,900 EVMs and VVPATs arrived at Agartala from Hyderabad for next year’s assembly election in Tripura on Monday.

Additional Chief Election Officer highlighted the information.

The poll materials have been stored in a warehouse in Tripura West district in the presence of representatives of recognised political parties.

Mog also said that these machines will be dispatched to seven other districts of the state, as per requirement, after the puja holidays.
He added that earlier Tripura had 1,000 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs).
Mog continued that after the arrival of new machines, currently, the state has 5,900 EVMs and VVPATs, which are enough to conduct the assembly elections smoothly in all 3,324 polling booths of the state.

He further said that EVMs with VVPATs will be used in all booths to ensure complete transparency in the poll process.

Mog added that experts of ECIL, Hyderabad would give training to poll officials regarding the use of EVMS and VVPATs on November 8.