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What is EVM?

• EVM or Electronic Voting Machines are used to cast vote without revealing the identity of the person

• The two central govt. undertakings i.e. Bharat Electronics Limited and Electronics Corporation of India Limited are the only manufacturers from whom the EVMs are procured by the Election Commission of India.
• The EVMs were first used in 1982 in the by-election to North Paravur Assembly Constituency in Kerala for a limited number of polling stations.

What is VVPAT?

• The VVPAT, or Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail, is an EVM-connected verification printer device.
• It allows voters to verify if their vote has been cast correctly by leaving a paper trail of the vote cast.