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Lok Sabha poll result may get delayed by few hours due to counting of VVPAT’s

May 20: The largest festival of Indian democracy, that is, the Lok Sabha Election, 2019 will saw its culmination on 23 May, the day when the results will be declared. However, declaration of results for the Lok Sabha seats may get delayed by an average of around 4 to 5 hours on May 23 as more time will be spent on counting VVPATs from each of the assembly segments.

As per the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court of India, after the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) counting is over, the voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPATs) will be counted. From every assembly constituency, five (VVPATs) will be randomly selected and they will be counted for which there is a special VVPAT Counting Booth (VCB) in every counting hall. It will take place in five rounds.

Silchar Parliamentary constituency has 07 assembly constituencies and in all 35 VVPATs will be counted in five rounds. The five polling stations for which VVPAT slips will be counted will be selected randomly by the General Observer. This will delay the formal results but trends will be already out. The formal declaration of results will be delayed by around four to five hours.

Sources revealed that there will be 12 Counting Halls at NATRIP in Jhapirband where the counting of votes for Silchar Parliamentary Constituency will take place. In each counting hall, a maximum of 14 tables can be put and machines that would come in the first round, their results will be compiled and uploaded on the ‘Suvidha’ app.

The counting at 8 am will also commence with postal ballot counting. In the end, when two rounds of EVM counting will remain, the officials will have to ensure that the postal ballot counting is over. After the EVM counting is over, the VVPAT counting will commence.