Bihar poll officials told not to hurry: EC

November 10, 2020 18:40

Early celebrations in the BJP camp

Election Commission presser on the counting of votes in Bihar: "The emphasis of the Election Commission is that procedures and guidelines relating to counting and COVID are to be sincerely followed. EC has directed that officials need not be in haste or hurry to declare results, they should take as much time as naturally required," the Secy-Gen, Election Commission, said.

The EC added that as far as Bihar is concerned, on the whole 7737 scheduled rounds were there, of which 4858 have been completed. 119 constituencies have done more than half of the work which was there for counting.

NDA: 121, MGB: 114, LJP 0, OTH: 8

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