Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Voting for the 2024 general elections have come to an end and India now waits with bated breath for the key poll results which will define the political landscape of the nation over the next five years and determine the future of its 140 billion citizens. The mammoth poll exercise, which began on April 19 and spanned over seven phases, was concluded on June 1, 2024. A total of 28 states and 8 Union Territories (UTs) voted in the 18th Lok Sabha election, with 96,88,21,926 having registered for it. The registered voters included 49,72,31,994 male, 47,15,41,888 female and 48,044 members of the third gender. The Election Commission set up around 10.5 lakh polling stations, deploying 1.5 crore polling officials and security staff for the job. While the polling has concluded, the uphill task of counting of votes for the 543 seats of Lok Sabha is yet to be carried out. Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Counting Date, Time The counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls will take place on June 4. The counting process will begin at 8 AM on Tuesday and go on till the votes are counted. ALSO READ: Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: When Is Vote Counting, Where To Check Poll Results | Details How Voting Takes Place? Elections are held using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), which constitute of Ballot Unit (BU) and Control Unit (CU), are attached to the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). The votes are polled in the ballot unit. The VVPAT machine prints a slip of the vote cast by the voter. The slip, which is visible to the voter for 7 seconds, is meant to let the voter verify that their votes have been registered correctly. Soon after being printed, the slip gets cut and falls in a sealed drop box of the VVPAT. Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: How Are Votes Counted? The EVMs are sealed and stored in strongrooms in the parliamentary constituencies after the voting concludes. Before counting begins, several checks are performed to ensure the control units are sealed, correctly assigned and functioning properly. On the counting day, the machines are brought out by poll officials and the seals are removed. For the counting of votes polled through EVMs, the control unit of the machine is required. The counting process takes place in the presence of representatives of all political parties that took place in the election. In the first half-an-hour, only postal ballots are counted by the Returning Officer (RO). The counting of EVM votes takes place after 8.30 AM. Election staff scan serial numbers of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) before dispatching them from a warehouse ahead of Indias general election in Ahmedabad, India, April 8, 2024. (REUTERS/File Photo) Given that each parliamentary constituency comprises multiple assembly constituencies, vote counting for each assembly segment is conducted in a single hall where 14 tables are set up, and the control units of EVMs are distributed among them. If there is a large number of candidates, the number of halls or tables can be increased with prior permission from the Election Commission. The counting may occur at multiple locations within an assembly constituency under the supervision of an Assistant Returning Officer (ARO). In each round, votes from 14 EVMs are counted, and the results are announced and recorded on a blackboard at each table before proceeding to the next round. Counting supervisors and assistants, appointed by the RO through a randomisation process, count the votes at each table. The control unit of the EVM contains a Results button that displays the number of votes each candidate received, along with the total number of candidates per constituency. When the Results button is pressed, the EVM displays the votes secured by each candidate one by one, accompanied by beep sounds. After all the candidates votes are displayed, the control unit shows End. Where To Check Lok Sabha Election Results LIVE The Lok Sabha poll results will be shared live by the EC on its official website - results.eci.gov.in. The counting trends and results, as per data entered by RO/ARO for AC/PC will also be available on the Voter Helpline App, both iOS and Android Mobile Apps, the poll body said. How To Check Lok Sabha Election Results LIVE Follow these steps to check the Lok Sabha poll results 2024: Step 1: Visit the official website of Election Commission - eci.gov.in Step 2: Select 2024 Election Updates Page on home screen Step 3: Click on 2024 Lok Sabha Election results Step 4: Click states option to get state-wise updates. Step 5: Check who is leading/winning in the Lok Sabha Election 2024