ECI organises EVM/VVPAT Awareness Campaign in Poll-bound States
ECI organises EVM/VVPAT Awareness Campaign in Poll-bound States
State/UT
Campaign Start Date
Total EDC
EDC
at DEO HQ
EDC at RO/Revenue Sub-Div HQ
No. of People
Visited EDC
No. of People cast Mock Votes at
EDC
Polling locations
covered by MDV
Assam
05.02.2026
161
35
126
6570
5794
2717
Kerala
03.02.2026
62
14
48
5859
5859
-*
Puducherry
27.01.2026
19
2
17
6474
6474
92
Tamil Nadu
25.01.2026
157
38
119
75816
75586
8025
West Bengal
23.01.2026
318
24
294
25322
22450
18657
TOTAL
717
113
604
1,20,041
1,16,163
29,491
*MDV will start on 12.02.2026
- Election Commission of India (ECI) is organising extensive EVM/VVPAT Awareness Campaigns across the poll-bound States/UT of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal to familiarise voters with the functioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units.
- The campaign is being conducted through EVM Demonstration Centres (EDCs) and Mobile Demonstration Vans (MDVs) in a structured and time-bound manner.
- EVM Demonstration Centres have been established and operationalised at District Election Officer (DEO) Headquarters as well as at Returning Officer/Revenue Sub- Division Headquarters across the five States/UTs.
- As on 10.02.2026, over 1.20 lakh electors took part in the EVM Demonstration camps at the EDCs across the 5 States/UTs and over 1.16 lakh electors cast mock votes in these demonstrations. Over 29 thousand Polling Station Locations (PSL) have been covered by MDVs already.
- The status of EVM-VVPAT demonstration campaigns as on 10.02.2026 are as follows: