Lok Sabha Polls 2019: All set for counting today; Fool proof arrangements in place

All set for counting on Thursday; Fool proof arrangements in place as the counting of votes for the 542 Lok Sabha elections begins at 8 am; EC sets up 24 hour EVM Control Room at its Headquarters, assures all the polled EVMs are absolutely safe; Counting for Assembly elections in four states to also to begin at 8 am; New Govt to be formed Andhra, Odisha, Sikkim & Arunachal.

India’s biggest democratic exercise that lasted more than 2 months is all set to end. Anxious moments are being witnessed across the country and everyone wants to know who is forming the next government at the centre.

The counting of votes on 542 seats will begin Thursday morning at 8.

Counting will take place on 1140 centres amidst tight security.

This time due to VVPAT tallying exercise that will take place, the results are likely to be known a little late by evening.

All preparations are underway in all the states.

Special arrangements have been made for counting in U.P. that sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha.

For smooth conduct of counting and maintaining law and order situation, 20,000 paramilitary forces and 10,000 of PAC and around 2 lakh district police officers have been deployed.

In 51 district headquarters in M.P, 51 counting centres have been made where counting will be held in 292 counting rooms for which all arrangement has been made.

All preparations are in place in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh too. Security personnel have been deployed in adequate numbers.

In Rajasthan, for 25 seats preparations are in place at 25 centres for counting.

Security is tight for the lone seat in Nagaland and all preparations are in place in Assam as well.

Security is tight at 63 counting centres for counting in Odisha for 21 Lok Sabha seats and 146 assembly seats.

In Gujarat, for 26 lok sabha seats and 4 seats for bypolls, counting will take place at 28 centres.

In Andhra Pradesh, 55 counting centres have been made at 35 locations where more than 25000 security personnel have been deployed.

In Telangana too, all preparations are in place for the counting.

Preparations are in place in states in southern India as well and security personnel have been deployed.

Voting took place on 542 Lok Sabha seats. Election in Vellore Lok Sabha seat was cancelled after reports of excess money power came to the fore.

More than 8000 candidates are contesting in the elections.

Around 67.11% voters exercised their franchise in the seven phased elections.

Main leaders contesting elections include PM Modi, Several Union Ministers, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav and SP Patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav are included.

Counting will also take place for 4 Assemblies alongwith Lok Sabha Election.

DD News & DD India also gear up for the Big counting Day; Our reporters report from the ground; Get all news, views & Analysis; Join our expert panel all through the day.

Source: DD News

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Election Commission

General Election to the House of the People – 2019

Real-Time Dissemination of Counting Day Trends and Results

The Counting of Votes for General Election to the House of the People – 2019 shall be held on 23rd May, 2019. In this regard, the Commission has come up with a new IT based initiative, which will enable the system in providing real-time trends and results of the vote counting across the States/UTs. The counting trends and results will be available on the ECI Website at the URL https://results.eci.gov.in as well as on the Voter Helpline App, both iOS and Android Mobile Apps. The dissemination will start functioning from 8.00 a.m. on the Counting Day and would be continuously updated.

The Voter Helpline App can be downloaded from the Google Play Store or Apple Play Store. For the first time, the citizens can use a smart phone to know the results. They can use the available filter to find out the winning/leading or trailing candidate details, along with the Constituency-wise or State-wise results from the Voter Helpline App. The citizens can bookmark their favourite candidate and watch the real-time results, as per their convenience on the Voter Helpline App or make a wish list to track the real-time status.

The local display of the trends and results by the CEOs/ROs/DEOs will also be done through the Digital Display Panels provided by Election Commission of India.

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VVPAT Counting Sequence to remain as per Supreme Court Approved guidelines: ECI

A delegation of 22 Political Parties met the Full Election Commission on 21st May 2019. Amongst other issues which they raised was the request to count VVPATs slips before the commencement of counting of votes polled in EVMs.

Immediately after departure of the delegation, The Commission deliberated on the issue with senior officials dealing with this issue in ECI. After two rounds of in-depth discussions yesterday and today, it has neither been found possible nor feasible to accede to this demand in the overall context and especially in view of the judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court in Writ Petition (C) No.273 of 2019 delivered on 8.4.2019. The said judgement directs that the random selection of VVPATs shall be subjected to the process of slip verification as per the guidelines 16.6 of EVM Manual in force. (https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/9230-manual-on-electronic-voting-machine-and-vvpat/ )

There were some other procedural issues like allowing counting agents of candidates along with all Returning Officers and Assistant Returning Officers on which necessary instructions have already been reiterated and wherever required made more candidate-friendly.

The Commission while thanking all the esteemed Members of the delegation assures them and all the electors of the country that the entire counting especially guarding the strong rooms and counting centres is already being done in an absolutely fair and transparent manner.

Sourcee: PIB

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Election Commission of India Launched Treasonous Official Website for General Public to Know the Results and Trends of Lok Sabha Election 2019

Trends and Results of General Election 2019 will be disseminated through the portal https://results.eci.gov.in on 23rd May, 2019 starting from 08.00 AM

The Election Commission of India is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering Union and State election processes in India. The body administers elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies in India, and the offices of the President and Vice President in the country.

ECI Official Website Ready to Provide Results and Trends and also Party wise and Constituency wise

RESULTS AVAILABLE ON 23rd MAY 2019 ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA IN DIGITAL DISPLAY BOARDS

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Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Live Updates – State wise and Party wise Results

The Election Commission of India has conducted successfully Election for 17th Lok Sabha and the counting of votes by the Returning Officers by from 8.00 AM on 23rd May, 2019 (Thursday). We will update the results State wise and Party wise here…

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