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Over 1 cr votes counted till now in Bihar, counting expected to continue late tonight, says EC
Bihar Polls

Over 1 cr votes counted till now in Bihar, counting expected to continue late tonight, says EC

| @indiablooms | 10 Nov 2020, 04:47 pm

Patna: The Election Commission on Tuesday said there has been 'glitch-free counting' of votes so far in the Bihar assembly elections for 243-seats in the state Assembly which is was underway.

Till now more than one crore votes have been counted and the counting is expected to be over by late tonight because of the Covid protocaols.

Deputy Election Commissioner Chandra Bhushan said at a press conference 'There has been an absolutely glitch-free counting process so far and no issues have come up. More than one crore votes have been counted in Bihar till now.'

He said the counting is not slow and is going at its normal pace. However, since but the number of EVMs as well as the postal ballots had gone up., the counting is expected to go late into the night because of Covid protocols.

'We have close to 63 per cent increase in polling booths in view of Covid protocols. Counting is taking place at 55 locations,' he said.

The poll panel clarified that EVMs are 'robust and tamper-proof'.

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