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Leap of Faith Journey of Indian Elections

The Elec on Commission's standard opera ng
procedure was to count VVPAT slips for tallying them with
EVM results in one polling sta on per Assembly
Cons tuency at random. The number was enhanced to
five polling sta ons per Assembly Cons tuency in
compliance with the Hon'ble Supreme Court's order
dated April 8, 2019.
The coun ng of votes took place on May 23, 2019. The
Elec on Commission had come up with a new IT-based

Counting and tallying VVPAT slips with EVM results

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