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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Counting tomorrow, VVPAT may delay results

This is for the first time in a Lok Sabha election that results of voting machines will be matched with slips generated by paper trail machines

The VVPAT machines, which will be attached to the EVMs, will allow voters to verify if their vote has gone to the intended candidate. (Photo: pib.nic.in)

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The VVPAT machines. (Photo: pib.nic.in)

3 min read Last Updated : May 22 2019 | 11:37 AM IST

Counting of votes for Lok Sabha polls Thursday, matching VVPAT slips likely to delay results New Delhi, May 22 (PTI) Counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections, in which over 8,000 candidates were in the fray for 542 seats, will begin at 8.00 am Thursday and results are expected only by late evening due to tallying of voter verified paper audit trail slips with EVM count for the first time.

67.11 per cent of the 90.99 crore electors had cast their vote in the seven phase elections.This is the highest ever-voter turnout in Indian parliamentarian elections.

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