Bihar Election Results 2020: About 1 crore votes counted so far, says ECI

New Delhi: Deputy Election Commissioners Sudeep Jain, Chandrabhushan Kumar, and Ashish Kundra addresses media as counting of votes for Bihar Assembly Elections are underway.

Results will be known for 243 Assembly constituencies most likely by evening. A party or coalition needs at least 122 seats to form the government in the state of Bihar.

Highlights

More than 3 cr votes yet to be counted

As per law, all postal ballots received till 8 am today are to be taken up for counting. It means postal ballots received at counting centres till at 8 am today need to be taken up for counting. Data related to it will be available at the level of concerned returning officer: ECI

Needless to say that there has been an absolutely glitch-free counting process so far. Slightly more than 1 crore votes have been counted in Bihar which means that is significant ground to be covered yet: Election Commission of India (ECI)

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