New Delhi . The Election Commission said on Monday that the counting of Bihar assembly elections will take longer than usual and it can continue till late night as 63 percent more EVMs have been used this time. The counting of votes for the Bihar Assembly elections has been going on since morning. Election Commission officials told reporters in the national capital that about 4.16 crore votes were cast in the three-phase election, of which more than one crore votes were counted till 1 pm.
Officials said that there has been no technical problem in matnana so far. In order to follow the rule of maintaining social distance in view of Kovid-19, the Commission had increased the number of polling stations this time as compared to the 2015 Legislative Assembly elections. Around 65,000 polling stations were set up in the 2015 election, which was increased to 1.06 lakh this time. Due to this, electronic voting machines (EVMs) also had to be used more.
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