In view of the upcoming General Election to Nagaland Legislative Assembly 2023, the First Level Checking (FLC) of Electronic Voter Machines (EVMs) & Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPATs) has started in Nagaland from 11th October 2022 and will continue till 19th October 2022 and will cover all the District Headquarters of Nagaland. Deputy Commissioners & District Election Officers will be coordinating the FLC at the district level. FLC is the process of full functionality test check of EVMs/VVPATs as a preparatory step for the conduct of the forthcoming Nagaland Legislative Assembly Election. Altogether 34 (thirty-four) EVMs & VVPATs Engineers from ECIL (Electronic Corporation of India Limited), Hyderabad headed by P.C. Mandal, DGM as State Co-Ordinator are deputed for the conduct of FLC of EVMs/VVPATs. The Election Commission of India has also deployed 8 (eight) EVM Nodal Officers from Mizoram, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, NCT Delhi, Assam, Punjab, Sikkim, and Manipur for inspection of FLC preparedness and quality check.          

(DIPR)