New Delhi, May 23: The counting of votes for the 17th Lok Sabha elections, which were held in seven phases between April 11 and May 19, will begin on Thursday, May 23. The Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 for 542 parliamentary constituencies will be declared later today, ten days before the term of the current House expires. The Election Commission of India (ECI) will begin teh counting of votes for all the Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies from 8 AM onwards on Thursday. Users can watch the live streaming of election results and updates on DD National  via the embedded YouTube link further below.

The early trends are expected to emerge by 8:30 AM. People will be able to get an insight as to which party is leading and trailing once the Election Commission concludes the first round of counting of votes. The final results will be out likely by late evening on the same day.

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Along with the Lok Sabha polls, Assembly elections for Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim were also held simultaneously. On May 23, all eyes will be on the outcome of polls in all the 543 constituencies spread across 29 states and 7 union territories across the country. Security has been beefed up in and around counting centres in all the constituencies to avoid any untoward incident.

As per predictions by the exit polls this time, the BJP-led NDA is set to return to power, with Congress-led UPA expected to fall far short of numbers to reach the half-way mark in the Lok Sabha elections. The exit polls, that came out after the conclusion of seven-phase Lok Sabha election, also predicted that "others" will gain a significant chunk of seats ranging from 94 to 138.

Twelve of 14 exit polls predicted National Democratic Alliance getting a full majority with the range of seats going from 282 to 365. A party or an alliance needs 271 seats to form the government as Lok Sabha elections have been held on 542 of 543 seats.

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