1. India

2. People

3. M. Gandhi

4. J. Nehru

5. M. Jinnah

6. S. Patel

7. B.R. Ambedkar

8. Indira & Sanjay Gandhi

9. R. Gandhi

10. A. B. Vajpayee

11. M. Singh

12. Rupee

14. City

18. Village

20. Suburb

23. Voting

24. Indian Ballot

27. Election Commission of IndiaA State-of-the-Art, User Friendlyand Tamper ProofElectronic Voting Machine(EVM)

28. Ballot paper awaiting despatch

29. EVMs in store room

30. Left: Ballot box being carried to the polling station Right: EVMs being carried to the polling station

31. Voters waiting to cast their vote

32. Voting the Ballot box way Voting the EVM way

33. Interconnecting Cable Control Unit Ballot Unit Sub-Units of EVM

34. Ready Lamp Slide Switch Window Candidate’s Button Candidate’s Lamp Ballot Paper Screen Ballot Unit - Details

35. Ready Lamp Slide Switch Candidate’s Button Masking Tab Ballot Unit - Internal parts

36. ON Lamp Busy Lamp Display Section Candidate Set Section Result Section Ballot Section Ballot Button Total Button Control Unit

37. Power Switch Connector for Auxiliary Unit Connector for Interconnecting Cable Bottom Compartment Cover Control Unit - View of Bottom Compartment

38. 4-Digit Display Panel ON Lamp Busy Lamp 2-Digit Display Panel Control Unit - Display Section

39. Candidate set section inner door Candidate set section outer door Provision for thread seal Latch Candidate set button Power pack compartment Plug for power pack Provision for Thread seal Control Unit - Candidate Set Section

40. Result I button Clear button Close button Frames for Paper seal Inner latches Result II button Control Unit - Result Section

41. Total button Ballot button Control Unit - Ballot Section

42. The voter is identified from the voters list and records his presence by a signature or thumb impression The Presiding Officer presses the “Ballot” button on the Control Unit permitting one vote The voter then proceeds to the polling cubicle and after perusing the ballot paper on the Ballot Unit, presses the key against the candidate of his choice Polling

43. A red lamp glows indicating to the voter that his vote has been cast in favour of that candidate The casting of the vote results in a beep in the Control Unit indicating to the Presiding Officer that a vote has been cast He then proceeds to release another vote by pressing the “Ballot” button and the process continues Polling

44. Statistics of Interest • Around one million machines deployed during Lok Sabha, 2004 polls • Low failure rate • Costs around US $ 300 • Estimated saving on the switchover to EVM is Approx US $ 40 million • Political Parties and Intelligentsia who initially were skeptical now endorse the machine for its veracity EVM being demonstrated to voters before the recent elections held in the state of Jammu & Kashmir