Counting Of Votes For Bihar Assembly Elections To Be Taken Up Tomorrow
Counting of Votes for the Assembly Elections in Bihar will take place tomorrow. The votes will be counted at 46 counting centres across the 38 districts. The Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), in which the electoral fortune of all the candidates have been sealed, were kept under tight security in strong rooms. The counting will begin at 8 AM.
The EVMs and VVPATs used in the polling have been sealed inside strong rooms under a three layer security system. The inner security of the premises is being managed by Central Armed Police Forces while State Police have been deployed to maintain outer security. Besides, CCTV surveillance and other security provisions have also been put in place. Control room has been set up within every strong room campus.
The Election Commission has instructed mandatory VVPAT counting in case of mismatch between Form 17C and EVM data and wherever mock poll data was erroneously not erased.
