Mangalore/Udupi: Counting at Canara College, T A Pai School - Results by 11.30 am
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP/SM)
Mangalore, May 7: Counting of votes pertaining to Beltangady, Moodbidri, Mangalore city (south), Mangalore city (north), Mangalore, and Bantwal constituencies will be held since 8 am on Wednesday May 8 at Canara College in the city. Counting of votes pertaining to Puttur and Sullia constituencies will be held at Canara PU College.
Fourteen tables are being provided to every constituency, and each of the tables will have one supervisor, one counting assistant, a micro observer, and a D group employee. Apart from a total of 129 micro observers, 820 personnel will be involved with counting, tabulation, and other work.
Canara College, Mangalore
The counting will be held in 15 to 17 rounds. As counting for every round takes about ten minutes, the counting process relating to the electronic voting machines are expected to be concluded in about three hours.
Dakshina Kannada district deputy commissioner, Harsh Gupta, giving details about the arrangements made for the counting of votes at a press conference held here on Monday May 6, expressed the hope that the results would be announced by 11.30 am.
He said that during the counting, one agent for each of the candidates can be present inside the counting centre, but they are barred from using mobile phones. The officials and agents have been asked to be present at the centres by 7.30 am.
T A Pai English Medium School, Udupi
At the same time, counting of votes in respect of five constituencies in Udupi district will be held at T A Pai English Medium School, Kunjibettu.
Speaking to Daijiworld, Udupi SP M B Boralingaiah said that ballot boxes from five constituencies (Kaup, Karkala, Udupi, Kundapur and Byndoor) have been kept safely in T A Pai English Medium School.
A minimum of 40 security personnel including police and paramilitary will be deployed for security, he added.
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