Counting at 3 centres in Markapur district

Markapur: All arrangements have been completed for counting of MPTC and ZPTC votes in Markapur district as per the directions of the State Election Commission, said district collector and district election officer M Vijaya Suneetha on Friday.

She said counting will be held at three centres, the Agriculture Market Yard in Markapur, the AP Model School in Kanigiri, and the Government Junior College at Cumbum. Together, the centres cover 20 mandals across four Assembly constituencies.

The market yard will count votes from nine mandals in the Markapur and Yerragondapalem constituencies. It has 335 polling stations, 28 counting tables and 281 counting staff. The AP Model School will count votes of six mandals from Kanigiri constituency. It has 291 polling stations, 66 tables and 331 staff. The junior college will count votes of five mandals from Giddalur constituency. It has 120 polling stations, 38 tables and 160 staff. In all, 746 polling stations will be covered with 132 counting tables and 772 counting staff.

The collector said counting halls have been allotted, tables set up, and staff deployed. She assured that counting will follow the State Election Commission’s guidelines, with transparency and fairness.

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Naresh Babu Nandam works as a Special Correspondent at The Hans India and primarily covers the erstwhile Prakasam district. He has a master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication and a bachelor's degree in Law. He has around twenty years of experience in print and broadcast journalism. He is a certified Google News Initiative trainer for fact-checking and online verification. Outside his journalism work, he is an OSINT practitioner and takes part in CTF challenges. He is the author of a spiritual thriller titled 'The Amber Scroll', available on Amazon.in.

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