PTI on Monday that over 2,000 personnel would be deployed in the north-eastern state of Mizoram to proceed with the vote-counting process for the state's lone Lok Sabha seat.“A three-tier security arrangement has been made in all the 13 counting centres across the state," Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Madhup Vyas said. In the state capital, Aizawl, there would be three counting centres and one in each of the other district headquarters.There will be 40 counting halls equipped with 379 tables.
Each table will be overseen by a counting supervisor, a counting agent, and a micro observer. As stated by the CEO, vote counting will commence at 8:00 a.m.
on Tuesday, starting with the postal ballots and followed by the votes recorded in the EVMs. Besides this, media centres have been set up at all the counting venues to ensure seamless distribution of information regarding election results.Warangal Returning Officer and District Collector P Pravinya said, “For the Warangal constituency, we have 7 Assembly segments, and there are a total of 8 counting halls, including postal ballot counting halls.
Today, we are having a dress rehearsal training for all the staff, which includes counting supervisors, counting assistants, microobservers, etc. "She added, “Based on today's training, we will start counting votes tomorrow at 8:00 a.m.
A staff of 1200 has been deployed here, which includes staff who do the actual counting and also staff who do tabulation and data entry."To ensure law and order, a three-tier barricading system and police personnel have been deployed. The initial EVM counting round is expected to be completed by 9:00 a.m., while the counting of postal ballots will take more time.The Election Commission mandated repolling
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