Requisite arrangements done for vote counting in Punjab: Punjab Chief Electoral Officer

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) VK Singh today said requisite arrangements have been made for counting of votes for the state assembly election on March 11.

Singh said for all the 117 assembly constituencies in Punjab, 54 counting centres have been established at different 27 locations where the counting of votes would begin at 8:00 AM.

He said more than 14,000 officials have been deputed in the counting centres across the state.

The CEO also informed that District Election Offices in the state, prominent public places and malls would witness TV screens, where live poll-results would be displayed.

With a view to ensuring peaceful and flawless completion of whole counting process adequate security arrangements were also put in place, Singh said, adding unauthorised persons would not be allowed to enter the counting centres.

Singh said that no body except the Election Observers would be allowed to carry mobile phones into the counting centres.

"No other officers or candidates or counting agents, security personnel and staff would be allowed to take their mobiles inside the centres," he said.

The CEO said the poll results would also be updated on the website of Election Commission.