Lok Sabha Elections 2024: All you need to know about EVMs & their 3 pillars
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The idea of EVMs was developed by the Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) in Hyderabad in 1979.
Ankur Gupta | Apr 20, 2024, 02:09 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are devices used to conduct electronic voting in elections, Known for their reliability, EVMs have been a significant part of elections in India, replacing the traditional ballot papers. Hare are a few important facts to know about this revolutionary device:
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3 Pillars of EVMs: Ballot Unit, Control Unit, VVPAT
![3 Pillars of EVMs: Ballot Unit, Control Unit, VVPAT 3 Pillars of EVMs: Ballot Unit, Control Unit, VVPAT](https://cdn.zeebiz.com/sites/default/files/2024/04/20/289218-what-are-evms.jpg)
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What is the Ballot Unit?
![What is the Ballot Unit? What is the Ballot Unit?](https://cdn.zeebiz.com/sites/default/files/2024/04/20/289220-what-is-the-ballot-unit.jpg)
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What is the Control Unit?
![What is the Control Unit? What is the Control Unit?](https://cdn.zeebiz.com/sites/default/files/2024/04/20/289221-what-is-the-control-unit-in-evm.jpg)
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What is VVPAT? How does it help?
![What is VVPAT? How does it help? What is VVPAT? How does it help?](https://cdn.zeebiz.com/sites/default/files/2024/04/20/289222-what-is-the-vvpat-copy.jpg)
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History
![History History](https://cdn.zeebiz.com/sites/default/files/2024/04/20/289223-hisotry-of-evm.jpg)
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How Kerala began the prototype
![How Kerala began the prototype How Kerala began the prototype](https://cdn.zeebiz.com/sites/default/files/2024/04/20/289224-kerala-first-evm-amchine.jpg)