Hyderabad: The chief electoral officer (CEO) Vikas Raj on Saturday said that counting of votes of Lok Sabha elections would be held at 34 locations where 120 counting halls have been arranged for smooth conduct of the counting process on June 4.
"EVMs will be opened in the presence of counting agents. Around 2.18 lakh postal voting has been reported in the state. Counting of Mahabbnagar local bodies will take place from 8 am on June 2 and the MLC byelection from graduates constituency of Nalgonda-Khammam-Warangal at Duppalapalli near Nalgonda will take place from 8 am on June 5," Vikas Raj said.
Around 1,200 staff have been deployed at 15 counting centers in Hyderabad district. A three-layered security arrangement will be in place at the counting centers.
Hyderabad district electoral officer (DEO) Ronald Rose, briefing the media after inspecting the counting centre at Nizam College, said that the highest number of EVM counting rounds will be in Yakutpura Assembly constituency (24) and the least being in Charminar (15).
Counting of postal ballots will take place at separate counting halls in the presence of returning officers, Rose said.
