Lok Sabha Election 2024 Result: Counting to begin from 8 am on June 4; EC issues handbook to poll officials
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Result: The Election Commission announced that the counting of votes for the General Election, the State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, and bye-elections to Assembly Constituencies will begin on June 4 at 8 a.m.
The counting of votes for the General Election and the State Legislative Assembly of Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh have already begun at 6 a.m. on Sunday.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, met with all Chief Electoral Officers (CEO) and Returning Officers (RO) to review counting day preparations.
The poll body stated that the counting trends and results, as entered by RO/ARO for AC/PC, will be available on the ECI Website as well as the Voter Helpline App, which is available on both iOS and Android.
The Voter Helpline App is available for download from both the Google Play and Apple Play stores. Users can use the available filter to find out the winning/leading or trailing candidate details, as well as the results by constituency or state, from the Voter Helpline App.
The poll body additionally issued a handbook for Returning Officers and Counting Agents, which is available on the ECI website. The Commission's comprehensive instructions for counting arrangements, procedure of counting of votes, and EVM/VVPAT storage are already available on the ECI website.
The CEOs/ROs/DEOs can also display trends and results locally using Digital Display Panels, according to the report.
Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh held their assembly elections at the same time as the 543-member Lok Sabha. On Saturday, the lengthy voting process, which had been divided into seven phases, came to an end.
- ANI
