Nalgonda: TRS candidate for MLC constituency Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, who graduated from Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda, was at the end of the first counting round at the State Warehouse Corporation on Wednesday. The actual counting of votes began at 5:30 a.m. after officials began the cumbersome process of making bundles of 56,000 ballots at 8 p.m.
In the case of the Hyderabad-Rangareddy-Mahabubnagar MLC constituency, counters at the LB Nagar Indoor Stadium were still collecting ballot papers and the count would probably start around 10:30 p.m., official sources said.
The bundle of ballot papers in Nalgonda was completed by the counting staff at 5.20 pm. The counting of votes was recorded at 56 tables, with 56,000 ballots to be recorded in each round. After the polls opened in the presence of representatives of candidates, the counting staff made 25 polling stations for the convenience of counting. A total of 3.86 320 votes were polled during the election. Of the total 1,917 postal votes, 1838 were found valid and 79 votes were found invalid.
Speaking to the media, Nalgonda returning official and district collector Prashant Jeevan Patil said the vote count could be delayed as 71 candidates contested the election and the size of the ballot papers was almost the size of a newspaper page. . Once you have reached the total valid votes, a clear picture will appear of the number of votes needed to win with first priority votes. The counting of first votes can be completed on Thursday at 06:00. A total of 4,000 employees were delegated for counting votes, he added.
Tension at tel center
Meanwhile, tensions reigned in the counting center as opposition representatives argued that 31 votes were missing in a ballot box. They claim that according to the records 603 votes at the polling station no. 175 of Garla from the Badadri-Kothagudem district, but when the ballot box was opened, only 144 ballot papers were found. They asked the Electoral Commission to investigate the matter.
The police took action and spreading the protesters.
Source: Telangana Today