The stage is set for counting of votes on Tuesday for 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand. Preparations for counting of votes are in full swing in all parliamentary constituencies. Counting of votes will start from 8 am on June 4 in all 14 parliamentary constituencies. The result will be out on all seats by 4 pm.

After the voting, all the EVMs have already been sealed in the strong room after scrutiny. A three-tier security arrangement has been made at all the counting centers.

According to Chief Electoral Officer K. Ravi Kumar, counting of votes will start from 8 am on June 4. The results of every round will be announced at regular intervals. He said that it is likely that the counting of votes will be completed by 4 pm.

The results can also be seen online. Let us tell you that a total of 244 political warriors were in the fray on all 14 parliamentary seats of Jharkhand. These include 212 male and 31 female candidates. For the first time, a transgender was also in the election fray.

Who among them will be crowned the winner, who will lose and whose deposit will be forfeited, will be clear by 4 pm on June 4. This time the number of candidates was more than the last two elections. In the last two Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and 2019, the number of candidates was only 240 and 229 respectively.

But on Tuesday fate of 244 candidates— 212 men, 31 women and 1 transgender— in the fray in the 14 Lok Sabha seats will be decided. Altogether eight sitting MPs and 12 MLAs, are contesting the parliamentary polls.
He said that counting of votes will begin from 8 am. "The postal ballot will be counted first and then counting of EVM votes will start. We expect the counting process to be complete by 4 pm," Kumar said.
  He said that the first round is likely to be completed by 9 am. "We hope to declare the trend of the first round by 9.15 am," he said.
  Kumar said that adequate security arrangements have been ensured at all counting centres in the state. "A three-layer security arrangement has been chalked out for free and fair counting. In the first layer, there will be deployment of central armed police forces," he said.
 Giving details about the counting of votes for the Ranchi Lok Sabha seat, Ranchi deputy commissioner (DC) Rahul Kumar Sinha said that the counting process would be held at Ranchi's Pandra area.
"Mobile phones inside the counting hall have been banned completely. Neither officials nor agents of political parties would be allowed to carry mobile phones inside the counting centre," he said.
He said that six assembly constituencies fall under Ranchi Lok Sabha seat. "Six counting halls have been created for six assembly constituencies and one hall for postal ballot counting. The number of counting tables in a hall range from 17 to 29 based on the number of polling stations in each assembly segment," he said.

Most of the exit poll has predicted a sweeping victory for the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the general election, surpassing its numbers in 2019. Some exit polls said the NDA was likely to touch the 400 figure, one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's key campaign aims. Almost all exit polls predicted major gains for the BJP in the south as well as West Bengal and Odisha.

 Keeping aside the exit poll predictions, INDIA bloc partners claimed that they would win at least 10 seats in Jharkhand. The BJP-led NDA claimed they will win all 14 seats in the state.
Overall 66.19 per cent turnout was recorded in the four phases of elections in Jharkhand from May 13 to June 1.