Thursday, July 20, 2017

Presidential poll 2017: Here is how votes are counted

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NEW DELHI: Counting began at 11 am on Thursday for the Presidential election that was held on July 17. The results are expected to be announced at 5 pm. Here are 10 points on how the votes will be counted:

Presidential poll 2017: Here is how votes are counted
1. The first ballot box to be opened for counting will be the one in Parliament House.

2. After that, ballot boxes received from States will be counted in alphabetical order.

3. The votes will be counted+ on four separate tables.

4. There will be eight rounds of counting.

5. Voter turnout was high on July 17, with close to 99 per cent polling recorded.

6. The electoral college which votes in the President had a total of 4,896 voters - 4,120 state legislators (MLAs) and 776 elected members of Parliament (MP) - who were eligible to cast their ballot. Members of legislative councils though were not part of the electoral college.

7. The value of MLAs' votes are set based on the population of the state they belongs to, while the value of an MP's vote is a standard 708 across the board.

8. As many as 32 polling stations, including the one in Parliament house, were set up in various states.

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