Published 07:50 IST, November 10th 2020

Bihar election result 2020: Counting centres maintain safety measures, social distancing

A day before the announcement of the results in Bihar, the ECI increased the number of counting centres to 55 in order to comply with COVID-19 guidelines.

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A day before anuncement of results in Bihar,  Election Commission of India (ECI) increased number of counting centres to 55 in order to comply with COVID-19 social distancing guidelines. number of counting centres in state was 38 during 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

' simple reason is we want to maintain social distance'

"Earlier we used to have 38 counting centre for 38 districts but this time we have 55 counting centres and simple reason is that we want to maintain social distance," said Bihar Chief Election Commissioner HR Srinivasa to news ncy ANI in Patna. Srinivasa said that ECI has established a 3-tier security system for strong rooms (housing EVMs) and counting centres.

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"Election Commission gave 19 companies of paramilitary forces to guard strongrooms. y are innermost core of counting centres' security. re are 59 companies of paramilitary forces to maintain general law and order in state. inner core is being guarded by Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), n re is Bihar Military Police (BMP) and n district police," he added.

Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) have been imposed in and around counting centres to prevent garing of people.

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Counting of votes in Bihar polls will take place Tuesday. Almost all exit polls have predicted a win for RJD-led Grand Alliance, which has projected Tejashwi Yadav as its Chief Ministerial candidate.

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Bihar is first state where full-fledged election was held after Coronavirus outbreak in India. voting across 243-assembly constituencies in Bihar was held in three phases on October 28, vember 3, and vember 7 to decide fate of 3,755 candidates. Over 7,29,27,396 electors were eligible to vote in Bihar polls and voter turut was at 57.05%, which was 0.39% higher compared to 56.66% in 2015 elections.

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Election Commission took precautionary coronavirus measures as it mandated face masks, hand sanitizers, rmal scanners, gloves, face shields, and PPE kits during electoral process while ensuring social distancing rms. 

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(With ncy inputs)

07:50 IST, November 10th 2020