Tk8,711cr project finalised to buy EVMs

The Election Commission (EC) has finalised a Tk8,711 crore project to buy new electronic voting machines (EVMs) for the next parliamentary elections.

EC Secretary Humayun Kabir Khandaker said this after a meeting of the commission on Monday. 

He sais: "Tk8,711 crore will be needed to implement the project.  This money will be spent on buying new EVMs, repairing and maintaining them."

The proposal for the Tk 8,711 crore project will now be sent to the Planning Commission for approval within two days.

The commission currently has 150,000 EVMs which can be used to hold elections in a maximum of 70 constituencies. 

To conduct polls using EVMs in at least 150 seats, it needs to purchase 150,000 lakh new EVMs.