The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday announced a change in the counting procedure to ensure greater uniformity and transparency. According to the revised guidelines, the penultimate round of EVM/VVPAT counting will begin only after the counting of all postal ballots has been completed at counting centres.

The commission said, “Although counting of postal ballots is usually completed before counting of EVMs, in order to ensure uniformity and absolute clarity in the counting process, the commission has taken the aforementioned decision.”

EC sources informed that postal ballot counting will take place as usual at 8 am on the day of verdict, along with EVM counting. However, when only the last two rounds of EVM counting will be left, the process will be stopped and postal ballot counting

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