Editing Electronic voting in India (section)

=== Wider adoption ===
Post the court ruling, as there was no provision explicitly permitting the usage of EVMs, it was not deployed immediately.<ref name="Shukla"/> An amendment to the Representation of the People Act, 1951 which allowed the usage of EVMs, was passed by the [[Parliament of India]] in December 1988 and came into force in March 1989.<ref name="EVM"/><ref name="LEVM">{{cite report|url=https://www.eci.gov.in/eci-backend/public/uploads/monthly_2022_11/10386732_LegalHistoryofEVMsandVVPATs_pdf.a942a6ed2e36892f92adecb5e88f6d3d|title=Legal history of EVMs|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|date=November 2022|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> In March 1992, changes were made to the Conduction of Election Rules, 1961 by the [[Government of India]] to permit the usage of electronic voting.<ref name="Shukla"/> The deployment was delayed as general consensus could not be reached with the political parties and other stakeholders on the usage of EVMs.<ref name="EVM"/> In 1998, the machines were used on an experimental basis across 25 state assembly constituencies during the [[1998 elections in India|assembly elections]] in [[Rajasthan]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Delhi]]. In May 2001, EVMs were used in all constituencies for the [[2001 elections in India|state assembly elections]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], Kerala, [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] and [[West Bengal]]. In 2004, in the [[2004 Indian general election|General Election]], the EVMs were used in all 543 Parliamentary Constituencies for the first time. Since the time, all state assembly and parliamentary elections are held using the EVMs.<ref name="EVM"/><ref name="LEVM"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/ballot-boxes-to-evms-incredible-journey-of-election-commission-indelibly-inked-in-history/articleshow/108095109.cms?from=mdr|title=Ballot boxes to EVMs: Incredible journey of Election Commission indelibly inked in history|date=29 February 2024|access-date=1 June 2024|work=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref>