person has to be elected out of many candidates.
for connecting it with the Control Unit. A Balloting Unit caters upto 16 candidates. Four Balloting
Units linked together catering in all to 64 candidates can be used with one Control Unit.
special Power pack. It is tamper-proof, error-free and easy to operate. It is easily portable. The
polling information once recorded is retained in its memory even when the Power pack is
removed.
manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Electronics Corporation of India Limited. It
is the end product of considerable experience and extensive trials in Indian Elections under the
guidance of the Election Commission of India.
functioning.
be opened by pressing the latches simultaneously, on both sides of the handle, as shown in
Fig. 1.
7. Remove the Units from the carrying cases carefully by using both hands.
franchise.
10. It consists of a rectangular box. The box, which is as shown in Fig. 3, has -
a. Interconnecting Cable,
b. Ready Lamp,
c. Slide Switch Window,
d. Sixteen Candidates’ Buttons,
e. Sixteen Candidates’ Lamps and
f. Provision for insertion of Ballot Paper containing the SI. Nos, Names and Election Symbols of
contesting candidates under a transparent (polycarbonate) sheet (Ballot Paper Screen).
‘Ballot Button’ on the Control Unit is pressed by the Presiding Officer to enable the voter to record
his vote. It goes off when the voter has recorded his vote.
be operated to reveal through the window the figures 1, 2, 3 or 4. When only one Balloting Unit
is to be used, the switch is operated to show the figure ‘1’ through the window. If a second
Balloting Unit is used, the switch in that Unit is operated to show the figure ‘2’ through the
window of that Unit, and so on.
Candidate of his choice. When the Button is pressed, the Lamp (Candidate’s Lamp) on the left
side of that Button glows RED and the voter’s choice is recorded.
SI. Nos., names and symbols of the contesting candidates are printed. A transparent polycarbonate sheet (Ballot Paper Screen) protects the Ballot paper.
latches at the top and bottom of the right edge of the Unit. The inside of the Unit is as in Fig. 5.
Sixteen Candidates’ buttons are visible, each having an associated masking tab. The buttons
which are required to be used should not be covered or masked. The buttons not required to be
used should be covered or masked with their associated masking tabs.