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EVMs to Display Colour Photographs of Candidates Beginning with Bihar Polls
The Election Commission of India will pilot colour photographs on EVM ballots in Bihar's 2025 Assembly elections to aid voter identification and enhance transparency.
- On September 17, 2025, the Election Commission of India released updated guidelines to improve the appearance and layout of ballot papers used in electronic voting machines, beginning with the Bihar Assembly elections.
- The revisions aim to improve the design and legibility of EVM Ballot Papers by featuring candidates' colour photographs and printing their serial numbers in bold international Indian numerals with a font size of 30.
- The guidelines state that each candidate’s photo should cover 75% of the allotted picture area to improve visibility, ballots for Assembly elections will be printed on pink paper, and each ballot sheet will include a maximum of 15 candidates with the NOTA option positioned at the end.
- Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge criticized the Election Commission as 'BJP's back-office for vote theft', while BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia dismissed these claims, likening Congress to a failing student blaming EVMs.
- These changes form part of broader ECI efforts including 28 initiatives to enhance voter convenience and election transparency amid opposition allegations of large-scale vote theft benefiting BJP.
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EVM Ballot Paper to Have Colour Photographs of Candidates Starting from Bihar Polls: ECI
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The poll body said that the photographs of candidates will be printed in colour on the EVM Ballot Paper, and the candidate's face will occupy three-fourths of the photo space for better visibility. India News | EVM Ballot Paper to Have Colour Photographs of Candidates Starting from Bihar Polls: ECI.
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