Namchi, 27th September(IPR): The First Level Checking (FLC) of forty seven numbers of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPATs) for the upcoming Bye Elections for 10 Poklok Kamrang Assembly Constituency of South District was done at District Administrative Centre, today. Present during the checking were Returning Officer cum DC (South) Mr. Ragul K, Assistant Returning Officer (South) cum FLC Supervisor Mr. Satyen Pradhan, SDM (Namchi) Vishu Lama, Joint Director (LRDM) Mr. D.K.Rai, Under Secretary (Election) Mr. Yogen Syangden concerned officials, representatives from various political parties, engineers from Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) and staff of Election department South.

Speaking, during the FLC, RO Mr. Ragul elucidated in brief the importance of this checking as per the guidelines of Election Commission of India. Additionally, he mentioned that after FLC, the EVMs and VVPATs will be stored in the strong room set up in the annex building of DAC complex under 24×7 strict security coverage. He also added that the entire procedure was under live webcasting.
During the FLC, mock poll was conducted in three randomly selected EVMs, each for 1200, 1000 and 500 votes as per the instructions of ECI by the representatives of political parties and other officials present.