Election results by 2pm on 16th

With counting for the Assembly and Parlimentary seats scheduled to take place on May 16, the election authorities have come up with elaborate arrangements. Twenty-four counting tables have been arranged in each of the 12 Assembly and 12 Parliamentary counting centres. There would be a total of 36 rounds of counting with each round lasting up to 20 minutes.

Every counting table would seat three officials---counting supervisor, counting assistant and a micro observer. A barricading would be provided at the counting centres so that the polling agents and political party representatives could observe the activity from a distance.

The DEO said that all the counting centres would be ready by May 14 and the counting procedure would be taken up in a transparent and democratic manner. He added that all the necessary arrangements had been made with regard to law and order, in coordination with the City Police Commissioner.