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ECI to open counting session for 542 constituencies at 7 am tomorrow
TIWN May 22, 2019
TIWN May 22, 2019
PHOTO : Vote Counting. TIWN File Photo.
NEW DELHI / AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): As per the schedule, the Election Commission of India will start counting votes for 17th Lok Sabha elections on 23 May, 2019 (Thursday).
As VVPAT counting to be introduced in this Lok Sabha election, the results on 23 May are likely to get delayed by five to six hours, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh has said.
He said after the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) counting is over, the voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPATs) will be counted as per the Supreme Court guidelines.
From every Assembly constituency, five (VVPATs) will be randomly selected and they will be counted. There is a special VVPAT booth in every counting hall. It will take place in five rounds.
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