Election Results Vvpat Counting

Since you have seen and verified the slip during voting in case the results from the evm and vvpat slips don t match during counting the election commission can be sure that the evm results.

Election results vvpat counting. It witnessed the election commission commissioning 22 3 lakh ballot units 16 3 lakh control units and 17 3 lakh vvpats. 23rd may at 8 am. Will the tallying of vvpat ballots with the evm results delays the counting.

The vvpat slips were counted in 1 215 randomly selected polling stations of bihar to match with the votes counted in the corresponding evms. All india edited by richa taneja updated. The commission is already doing a lot more than what has been recommended by the committee said a source.

Of these 17 3 lakh vvpats a physical count of 20 625 vvpat slips was to be done this election season as compared to the earlier election where 4 125 vvpat slips were counted. The election commission will be manually counting vvpat voter verifiable paper audit trail paper slips and matching them with the electronic count of the evm in over 930 polling booths in gujarat on may 23. The counting of votes for general election 2019 which concluded on sunday will begin tomorrow i e.

However in an attempt to bring more transparency in the counting process the election commission will not only be counting the votes in evms but also tally a limited number of vvpat slips on 23 may. The verification of vvpat paper slips will be done by randomly selecting five polling stations in each assembly constituency. Election commission s vvpat counting passes experts test the final report has suggested two alternatives each of which is an absolute number of polling stations.

Share of expected votes counted reflects recorded votes and the best estimate of the total number of votes cast according to edison research methodology. The returning officer ro is responsible for conducting elections in a constituency which also includes counting of votes. Vvpat count to be taken as final in case of discrepancy says research firm the verification of vvpat paper slips is conducted inside a secured vvpat counting booth in the counting hall with access to authorised personnel only.

After over five decades of ballot papers india completely shifted to electronic voting machines in the 2004 lok sabha election.