Vote counting the old fashioned way in India, pre EVM's, in Bengaluru

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A vote-counting agent checks vote on a machine and announce while the other person notes the counting on a paper. See the police officials outside Maharani's Arts College For Women in Bengaluru. See the vote slips are being kept in plastic baskets. People watch the news on a Television to get updated about the vote counting in New Delhi. A vote-counting agent speaks about the vote count. He says, "The party's previous position seems to be maintained by a slight fluctuation. Now, as we progress may be we will be having a better chance." The counting of votes may be simultaneously done at more than one place and more than one table at the same site. As the candidate or his election agent cannot be expected to be physically present at each of such counting places and tables, the law permits t