Ahead of counting of votes for Assembly polls CEO Rajan inspects security at strong Room

 

 

 

 

State Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan reached the counting venue at the Old Jail located on Arera Hills in the State capital on Thursday and took stock of the preparations for the counting of votes for the seven assembly constituencies of the district on December 3. Counting of votes will take place here for Seven Assembly constituencies of Bhopal. During this time, District Election Officer and Collector Ashish Singh also accompanied him. He informed Rajan in detail about the arrangements and preparations being made for the counting of votes. Chief Electoral Officer Rajan visited the counting rooms set up Assembly wise and took stock of the preparations. Also saw the preparations being made for counting of postal ballots and the security arrangements of the strong room.

 

He took information about the counting table, number of staff engaged in counting, security arrangements, number of postal ballots etc. Later, he inspected the control room. Also discussed with the representatives of the election candidates staying in the counting venue premises and saw the monitoring arrangements of the strong room from the room itself through CCTV. Chief Electoral Officer Rajan seemed satisfied with the vote counting arrangements and also gave necessary directions.

 

Chief Electoral Officer Rajan directed that the counting of votes for the Assembly Elections 2023 will begin on December 3 at 8 am with the counting of postal ballots. Counting of votes recorded in EVM will start from 8:30 am. On the day of counting, ensure that there is continuous supply of electricity and that the counting is not affected due to any reason. All arrangements should be available smoothly at the counting venue. During the inspection, ACP Anurag Sharma, Nodal Officer Sandeep Kerketta, Deputy DEO Ravi Shankar Rai and other officers were present.