A mock counting drill being performed at the JNTU Anantapur on Wednesday.
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All preparations have been accomplished for the counting of votes for West Rayalaseema MLC Graduates and Teachers’ constituencies to start from Thursday morning, stated Election Returning Officer and District Collector Nagalakshmi Selvarajan.
Speaking to the media individuals, the District Collector stated that the personnel on election counting responsibility had been skilled and brokers have been additionally being appointed in three shifts as counting was more likely to transcend 48 hours.Â
There are 12 candidates for the Teachers’ constituency, and after splitting the votes at the polling station, they are going to be bundled and given for detailed counting. A complete of 25,884 votes have been polled for the Teachers’ constituency, and 14 tables have been arrange within the counting corridor for detailed counting, and there’s a chance of two rounds of counting.
After the preliminary two rounds of counting, more likely to take six hours, in response to the primary precedence vote, will probably be identified whether or not somebody has received or not. If the quota of 51% isn’t attained at this stage, the eliminations will begin and the votes of every candidate are transferred to others in response to their choice and the result’s declared at the stage the place the quota is crossed. Teachers’ constituency outcomes could also be introduced both on Thursday night time or earlier than Friday morning, he stated.
There are 49 candidates for the Graduates’ constituency and 24 tables have been set as much as depend the two.45 lakh votes polled. “After 24 hours of detailed counting, by the evening of March 17, we will be able to tell whether the 51% quota has been received according to the first priority or not,” she added.
She stated that the ultimate end result for the Graduates’ constituency may be anticipated by Friday night.
