The Mizoram church body expresses happiness and sees it as the intervention of God that their prayers and wishes have been accepted by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The ECI received requests to change the date of counting from December 3 to a weekday due to the significance of Sunday for the people of Mizoram. The order was issued after a public gathering organized by the Mizoram NGO Coordination Committee, condemning the choice of Sunday for the vote count and urging the EC to defer it to a weekday.