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Friday, Feb 18, 2005

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Counting in Haryana advanced to February 23

NEW DELHI, FEB. 17. Realising a long gap, the Election Commission today decided to advance to February 23 the counting of votes in the Haryana Assembly election that was held on February 3.

The counting, originally scheduled for February 27 along with the third phase of the Bihar and Jharkhand Assembly elections, would start at 4 p.m., the Commission said in a press note this evening.

The rescheduling was felt necessary in view of the long gap between the polling and counting. It was also felt that the security forces could be utilised during counting in Bihar and Jharkhand, Commission sources said.

The delayed counting had come under attack from the Haryana Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala, saying it hampered the developmental and routine works.

In the case of polling stations where re-poll has been ordered for February 23, the counting would be taken up at the last round of counting of votes of the respective Assembly constituencies after the repoll was completed and the electronic voting machines (EVMs) were sealed as per procedure, the press note added. — PTI

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