Amount of electorates to be chosen by EVM by January: EC Alamgir

The next parliamentary elections will be decided by electronic voting machines (EVMs) in January, according to the election commissioner. 

He said that the decision of how many constituencies will be voted in EVM will be decided in January itself. With the current number of EVMs, voting can be done in 70 constituencies. The rest depends on how much budget I get.

He revealed this to media on Tuesday at his office in the capital‍‍`s Agargaon neighborhood of EC Bhavan (December 20).

If there is enough funding, according to EC Md. Alamgir, there will be EVM voting in 150 seats in January 2023. The budget won‍‍`t be accessible in February, though.

JH