All eyes are on Saturday’s vote count. A glance at the arrangements the Election Commission has made for the mammoth exercise across the country:
Total counting centres: 1,080
Total counting halls: 4,260
Counting staff deployed: approximately 60,000
Secure arrangements for counting agents of candidates to witness the counting procedure.
A micro-observer at every table
Random checking of electronic voting machines (EVMs) by recounting of two counted machines after every round by micro-observers.
Proceedings in the counting hall shall be video-graphed.
Tabulated data to be verified by observers.
Each counting centre has one counting hall for every segment of the constituency, one data centre and one media centre.
The result sheet from each counting hall after the end of every round shall be sent to data centre and the media centre simultaneously.
