For the primary time in history of Indian elections, Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips shall be matched with vote rely of five Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs) in each Assembly section of each and every LS constituency. This exercise is more likely to extend announcement of results by means of a minimum of five hours.
Usually, counting will get over by means of 7 pm at all the polling stations across India. This time, on the other hand, it'll take additional five hours to complete the process due to SC order of matchingVVPAT slips .
A workforce of over 1,500 personnel shall be deployed at two counting stations set up inAhmedabad in Gujarat University premises for Ahmedabad West and in LD Engineering College for Ahmedabad East LS constituency. The counting will start at eight am and citizens can test constituency wise traits and results on Election Commission site in addition to a cell software. The results shall be upload nearly in actual time as soon as counting will get over.
Talking about the process of counting votes and time it takes, Deputy District Election Officer Mitesh Pandya mentioned, “We are all set for the counting day. We wait for a bit extend taking into account counting of VVPAT slips this time. Since 2007, I have noticed the counting will get over latest by means of 7 PM however this time it'll take longer.”
How counting is finished
Each of the 27 counting stations (26 for LS, 1 for Assembly polls) has 7 counting halls, one each for seven Assembly segments of a LS constituency. Each hall may have up to 14 counting tables. It takes about 30 mins to check results of each EVM. A counting supervisor and an assistant rely votes in presence of micro representative appointed by means of the EC. A representative of each candidate is also provide all the way through the counting.
All these officials observe down the vote rely displayed by means of the EVM which is forwarded to Assistant Returning Officer who tallies the end result and forwards it to the Returning Officer. Finally, the observer makes a final test and the result is uploaded online.
Once counting at all the tables is over, 2nd set of EVMs are taken up for counting. After crowning glory of vote rely from EVMs, RO holds a draw to select up five VVPATs from each Assembly section of each and every LS constituency. Each VVPAT slip is counted and dropped in a plastic box identifying the candidate. In case a discrepancy is located in VVPAT and EVM vote rely, VVPAT rely shall be regarded as ultimate.
In 2019 LS polls in Gujarat, over 65,240 VVPATs, 80,344 ballot gadgets and 62,256 regulate gadgets had been used. Citizens can test results online at ‘https://results.eci.gov.in’ or by the use of an android cell app.
Cabinet meet cancelled
Gujarat Chief MinisterVijay Rupani has cancelled the cupboard assembly to be held on May 22 owing to the counting of votes on Thursday. According to sources, the MLAs and ministers, elated with exit ballot results, are slated to discuss with their respective constituencies to organise celebrations following reckoning on Thursday.
Usually, counting will get over by means of 7 pm at all the polling stations across India. This time, on the other hand, it'll take additional five hours to complete the process due to SC order of matching
A workforce of over 1,500 personnel shall be deployed at two counting stations set up in
Why the extend?
Talking about the process of counting votes and time it takes, Deputy District Election Officer Mitesh Pandya mentioned, “We are all set for the counting day. We wait for a bit extend taking into account counting of VVPAT slips this time. Since 2007, I have noticed the counting will get over latest by means of 7 PM however this time it'll take longer.”
How counting is finished
Each of the 27 counting stations (26 for LS, 1 for Assembly polls) has 7 counting halls, one each for seven Assembly segments of a LS constituency. Each hall may have up to 14 counting tables. It takes about 30 mins to check results of each EVM. A counting supervisor and an assistant rely votes in presence of micro representative appointed by means of the EC. A representative of each candidate is also provide all the way through the counting.
All these officials observe down the vote rely displayed by means of the EVM which is forwarded to Assistant Returning Officer who tallies the end result and forwards it to the Returning Officer. Finally, the observer makes a final test and the result is uploaded online.
Once counting at all the tables is over, 2nd set of EVMs are taken up for counting. After crowning glory of vote rely from EVMs, RO holds a draw to select up five VVPATs from each Assembly section of each and every LS constituency. Each VVPAT slip is counted and dropped in a plastic box identifying the candidate. In case a discrepancy is located in VVPAT and EVM vote rely, VVPAT rely shall be regarded as ultimate.
In 2019 LS polls in Gujarat, over 65,240 VVPATs, 80,344 ballot gadgets and 62,256 regulate gadgets had been used. Citizens can test results online at ‘https://results.eci.gov.in’ or by the use of an android cell app.
Cabinet meet cancelled
Gujarat Chief Minister
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