Abstract

The caselet explains how Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Government of India undertakings, developed Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for use in the Indian elections. How these machines increased the efficiency of the Indian electoral process and how the general public accepted these innovative machines are also dealt with. A comparative study is made of the Indian EVMs and the voting machines used in USA.

Learning Objectives

The case is structured to achieve the following Learning Objectives:

• How EVMs increased the efficiency of election process in India
• How the general public in India accepted the EVMs
• The advantages of Indian EVMs over voting machines used in USA.

Keywords

Election Commission of India, Electronic Voting Machine, Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL), Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Election Commission of India, Indian General Elections, Representation of People Act, Chief Election Commissioner of India, Diebold Election Systems and Election Systems & Software Inc