Counting of votes for the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections 2019 began Thursday morning across the country. Election Commission officials said results are expected only by late evening. The fate of as many as 8,040 candidates will be decided today when the counting of votes polled for the 17th Lok Sabha elections is done. Around 90 crore voters were eligible to vote in this Lok Sabha polls which were held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19.