ECI gears up for Assam counting

The Election Commission of India on Wednesday, while giving details of the elaborate security and arrangements for May 4, said counting would be held at 40 centres at all the 35 district headquarters across the state. Assam went for a single-phase assembly polls on April 9.

Chief electoral officer (CEO) Anurag Goel said ECI has deployed 126 counting observers from different states to each constituency.

He said strong rooms are under strict CCTV surveillance and guarded round the clock by CAPF and state police personnel. "We have been strictly monitoring the strong rooms with proper CCTV coverage. There is a provision to take candidates or election agents if they wish to check the strong room doors." Goel said around 5,981 officials have been engaged for counting and around 2,348 micro-observers have been deployed.