Assembly elections | Counting halls up by 200% due to COVID norms
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May 01, 2021 20:14 IST
Rise in the number of postal ballots has been another reason for increasing the counting halls from 1,002 to 2,364.
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A health worker collecting the nasal swab samples of election counting agents to test for Covid-19 at Siliguri college counting centre in West Bengal on April 30.
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Rise in the number of postal ballots has been another reason for increasing the counting halls from 1,002 to 2,364.
Starting 8 a.m. on Sunday, the counting of votes for the 822 Assembly seats spread across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry will take place at 2,364 counting halls following the COVID-19 protocols, the Election Commission (EC) said on Saturday.
Counting of votes will be held on Sunday in the high-stakes Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry assembly elections, overshadowed by the raging COVID pandemic
›Counting halls up by 200% due to COVID norms; nearly a lakh personnel to count votes on Sunday
Counting halls up by 200% due to COVID norms; nearly a lakh personnel to count votes on Sunday
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Counting halls up by 200% due to COVID norms; nearly a lakh personnel to count votes on SundayPTI
Last Updated: May 01, 2021, 07:52 PM IST
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The over-200-per cent increase is due to the distancing norms being followed by the poll panel to curb the spread of the coronavirus. West Bengal will have the maximum number of 1,113 counting halls, Kerala 633, Assam 331, Tamil Nadu 256 and Puducherry 31, the EC said.
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Counting of votes for assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry is all set to take place on May 2 (Sunday). Assembly elections in four states and one union territory were held from March 27 to April 29. Elections in West Bengal and Assam were conducted in eight and three phases respectively while polls in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry were held in one single phase on April 6. So, stay tuned with #PollResultsOnIndiaTV from 6 am onwards on May 2 (Sunday) to get the most accurate and fastest results
Beginning 8 am on Sunday, the counting of votes for the 822 Assembly seats spread across all four states and Puducherry will take place at 2,364 counting halls following the COVID-19 protocols, the Election Commission (EC) said on Saturday.