<P> In 1980 , M.B. Haneefa invented the first Indian voting machine , gazetted `` Electronically operated vote counting machine '' ( Gazette : 191 / Mas / 80 , 15 October 1980 ) . His original design ( using Integrated Circuits ) was exhibited to the public in Government Exhibitions held in six cities across Tamil Nadu . The EVMs were commissioned in 1989 by Election Commission of India in collaboration with Electronics Corporation of India Limited . The Industrial designers of the EVMs were faculty members at the Industrial Design Centre , IIT Bombay . The EVMs were first used in 1982 in the by - election to North Paravur Assembly Constituency in Kerala for a limited number of polling stations . </P>
<P> In 1980 , M.B. Haneefa invented the first Indian voting machine , gazetted `` Electronically operated vote counting machine '' ( Gazette : 191 / Mas / 80 , 15 October 1980 ) . His original design ( using Integrated Circuits ) was exhibited to the public in Government Exhibitions held in six cities across Tamil Nadu . The EVMs were commissioned in 1989 by Election Commission of India in collaboration with Electronics Corporation of India Limited . The Industrial designers of the EVMs were faculty members at the Industrial Design Centre , IIT Bombay . The EVMs were first used in 1982 in the by - election to North Paravur Assembly Constituency in Kerala for a limited number of polling stations . </P>
name the first indian state to use electronic voting machines
name the first indian state to use electronic voting machines
Kerala
Kerala