The stage is set for counting of votes polled in the June 23 byelection to the Atmakur Assembly seat amid tight security in SPSR Nellore district on Sunday.
District Collector and District Election Officer K.V.N. Chakradhar Babu and Superintendent of Police Ch. Vijaya Rao oversaw the arrangements made in adherence to the COVID-19 safety norms for the counting of votes. The byelection was necessitated by the demise of Information Technology Minister Mekapatti Goutham Reddy.
As many as 14 tables have been arranged at Andhra Engineering College for counting of votes in 20 rounds starting with postal ballots from 8 a.m., according to SPSR Joint Collector and Returning Officer M.N. Harendhira Prasad. Three-layer security has been put in place with the Central paramilitary forces guarding the stored electronic voting machines at the college at Atmakur.
