Lok Sabha Election 2019: Final results likely to be delayed by a day

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Lok Sabha Election 2019: Final results likely to be delayed by a day

Supreme Court had on Tuesday declined to increase the count for verification of VVPAT slips with EVMs

Wednesday May 8, 2019 6:51 PM, ummid.com & Agencies

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha elections results may be delayed by a day due to increased number of VVPAT verifications, sources in the Election Commission said on Tuesday.

"As per the previous plan, the results of the elections are scheduled to be declared on May 23. But the results may be delayed and the final results may be declared on May 24 due to increased number of VVPAT verifications," the official said, requesting anonymity.

Explaining the reason behind the delay, the EC official said that an increase in the number of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) verification from one to five polling booths in each Assembly segment of a Parliamentary constituency, as directed by the apex court on April 8, could delay the counting by more than five-six hours and the final tally is likely to be clear on May 24.

The Election Commission of India is holding the 2019 Parliamentary elections in 07 phases starting on April 11. Polling for the 5th ended on May 06. Voting for the 6th, and 7th and final phase will be held on May 12 and May 19 respectively.

In a setback to the Opposition, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to increase the count for verification of VVPAT slips with EVMs in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.

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