1. India
"Bhagwa or the saffron colour denotes renunciation or disinterestedness. Our leaders must be indifferent to material gains and dedicate themselves to their work. The white in the centre is light, the path of truth to guide our conduct. The green shows our relation to (the) soil, our relation to the plant life here, on which all other life depends. The "Ashoka Chakra" in the centre of the white is the wheel of the law of dharma. Truth or satya, dharma or virtue ought to be the controlling principle of those who work under this flag. Again, the wheel denotes motion. There is death in stagnation. There is life in movement. India should no more resist change, it must move and go forward. The wheel represents the dynamism of a peaceful change."[3]
A widely held unofficial interpretation is that the saffron stands for purity and spirituality, white for peace and truth, green for fertility and prosperity and the wheel for justice.

2. People

3. M. Gandhi

4. J. Nehru

5. M. Jinnah

6. S. Patel

7. B.R. Ambedkar

8. Indira & Sanjay Gandhi

9. R. Gandhi

10. A. B. Vajpayee

11. M. Singh

12. Rupee

14. City

18. Village

20. Suburb

23. Voting

24. Indian Ballot

27. Election Commission of India A State-of-the-Art, User Friendly and Tamper Proof Electronic Voting Machine (EVM)

28. Ballot paper awaiting despatch

29. EVMs in store room

30. Left: Ballot box being carried to the polling station
Right: EVMs being carried to the polling station

31. Voters waiting to cast their vote

32. Voting the Ballot box way
Voting the EVM way

33. Interconnecting Cable
Sub-Units of EVM
Interconnecting Cable
Control Unit
Ballot Unit

34. Ballot Unit - Details Ready Lamp Slide Switch Window
Candidate’s Button
Candidate’s Lamp
The ready lamp glows when the unit is switched on
The slide switch is used to set the no of the unit, ie it is set to 1 if there are only 16 candidates and 1 for the first and 2 for the second if there are 17 to 32 candidates and so on
The candidate’s lamp glows indicating to the voter that his/her vote is cast in favor of that candidate
After the ballot paper is placed and aligned the screen is put in place and sealed
Ballot Paper Screen

35. Ballot Unit - Internal parts
Ready Lamp
Slide Switch
Candidate’s Button
Candidate button is the button which is pressed by the voter
Masking tab is used to mask the candidate buttons which are not in use; ie if there are only 8 candidates the remaining switches from 9 to 16 are masked and cannot be operated
Masking Tab

36. Control Unit ON Lamp Busy Lamp Display Section Candidate Set Section
Result Section
Ballot Section
On lamp glows when the unit is powered on.
Busy Lamp glows when a ballot is released and a voter is in the process of voting. After the casting the lamp goes off with a beep thus indicating that the vote is cast
Total button may be pressed at any given time to know the total no of votes polled till then
Ballot button – pressing of this button releases a vote in the ballot unit and also results in the busy lamp glowing
Ballot Button
Total Button

37. Control Unit - View of Bottom Compartment
Power Switch
Connector for
Auxiliary Unit
Connector for
Interconnecting Cable
Power switch powers on / off the EVM
Connecter for connecting the Ballot unit with interconnecting cable
Auxiliary unit connector – to connect second ballot unit in case of two simultaneous polls
Bottom Compartment
Cover

38. Control Unit - Display Section
4-Digit
Display Panel
ON Lamp
Busy Lamp
2-Digit
Display Panel

39. Control Unit - Candidate Set Section
inner door
Candidate set section
outer door
Provision for
thread seal
Power pack
compartment
Provision for
Thread seal
Latch
Candidate set
button
Plug for
power pack
Candidate set button: For setting the no of candidates in the poll. The Ballot unit and the control unit are connected and powered on. This button is pressed and the candidate button on the ballot unit corresponding to the last candidate is pressed.

40. Control Unit - Result Section
Result I
button
Clear button
Frames for
Paper seal
Close
button
Inner
latches
Result II
button
Close button: To close the poll at the end of the appointed period. Once this button is depressed no more votes can be cast on this machine
Result 1 To view the results of poll 1
Result 2: To view the results of poll 2
Clear : Clears the data recorded in the voting machine – operable only after the results are viewed at least once

41. Control Unit - Ballot Section
Total button
Ballot button

42. Polling
The voter is identified from the voters list and records his presence by a signature or thumb impression
The Presiding Officer presses the “Ballot” button on the Control Unit permitting one vote
The voter then proceeds to the polling cubicle and after perusing the ballot paper on the Ballot Unit, presses the key against the candidate of his choice

43. Polling
A red lamp glows indicating to the voter that his vote has been cast in favour of that candidate
The casting of the vote results in a beep in the Control Unit indicating to the Presiding Officer that a vote has been cast
He then proceeds to release another vote by pressing the “Ballot” button and the process continues

44. Statistics of Interest
Around one million machines deployed during Lok Sabha, 2004 polls
Low failure rate
Costs around US $ 300
Estimated saving on the switchover to EVM is Approx US $ 40 million
Political Parties and Intelligentsia who initially were skeptical now endorse the machine for its veracity
EVM being demonstrated to voters before
the recent elections held in the state of
Jammu & Kashmir