NEW DELHI: Counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha election is scheduled to start on June 4.
Here are the key details:Date and time - The counting of votes will begin on June 4 at 8am.
- The results are expected to be announced by the evening of June 4.
Also Read: Lok Sabha Election Results 2024
Where to watch?
- The Election Commission of India will provide live updates and results on its official website, results.eci.gov.in.
- The Voter Helpline App will also be available for real-time updates.
- Major news channels will begin airing live trends from early morning, and some will live-stream the results on their YouTube channels and social media platforms
To check poll results on the ECI website on June 4, follow these steps:
- Visit the Official Website: Go to the official website of the Election Commission of India (ECI) at https://results.eci.gov.in/.
- Click on General Election Results: On the website, click on the “General Election Results” option.
- Select Your State: Choose your state from the available options to view constituency-wise results.
- View Constituency Results: The status of leading and trailing candidates, as well as the constituency-wise winners, will be displayed on the screen once the results start coming in.
Additionally, the Voter Helpline App, available for both Android and iOS devices, can also be used to check the results. The app can be downloaded from the Google Play or Apple App Store, and users can filter the results by constituency or state to view details of winning, leading, or trailing candidates.
What time will the ECI website start updating results on June 4?
The ECI website will start updating results on June 4 starting from 8 am.
The counting of votes for the general election and the state legislative assemblies of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha will begin at 8 am, and the trends and results as per data entered by Returning Officers/Assistant Returning Officers will be available on the ECI website in real-time.
The ECI has also stated that the counting trends and results will be available on the Voter Helpline App, which can be downloaded from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Users can use the available filters to view details of winning, leading, or trailing candidates and constituency-wise or state-wise results.
Here is a brief overview of the counting process:
- Under Rule 54 A of the Conduct of Elections Rules 1961, the counting of postal ballot papers shall be started first at the Returning Officer’s (RO) table.
- Only such postal ballot papers shall be taken up for counting which are received by the RO before the hour fixed for the commencement of counting.
- After 30 minutes of the commencement of counting of postal ballots, the counting of votes from EVMs should be started.
- Counting of votes from EVMs can begin on scheduled time if there is no postal ballot paper in the constituency.
- Only Control Unit (CU) of the EVM used in polling station is required for counting of votes along with Form 17C.
- Before ascertaining the result from CUs of EVMs, counting officials shall ensure that the paper seal on them is intact and total votes polled tally with those mentioned in Form 17C.
- The result of the control unit shall be noted in Part-II of Form 17C after showing it to counting supervisor, micro observer and counting agents of candidates.
- In case of non-display of results in the display panel of the control unit, VVPAT slips of the respective VVPAT shall be counted after completion of all CUs count.
- Candidate-wise result of each CU shall be noted in Part II of Form 17C and signed by the counting supervisor and counting agents of candidates present at the counting table.
- Form 17C of each polling station should be sent to the officer who is compiling the final result sheet in Form 20.
- Counting of VVPAT slips shall start only after completion of counting of votes from CUs.
- Mandatory verification of VVPAT slips of randomly selected five polling stations per assembly constituency/each assembly segment of a parliamentary constituency shall be done only after the completion of counting of votes.
- When the margin of victory is less than the number of postal ballot papers rejected, all such rejected postal ballot papers shall be mandatorily re-verified before declaration of the result.
- If two candidates get equal number of highest votes, the result will be declared by draw of lots.