Election Commission says counting will take more time in the Bihar election assembly 2020 as due to the Covid-19 pandemic there were 46% more polling stations in Bihar and also more EVMs were used to ensure social distancing. Trends and results might be delayed a bit this time as the number of polling stations were raised from 72,723 earlier to 1,06,515, an increase of 46.5 per cent, to ensure adherence to social distancing measures in view of the pandemic.