As Telangana waits with bated breath on the election results on Sunday morning, the first indication from the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will come around 10 a.m. when the first round is likely to be completed.
Officials said the process will start from 6 a.m. itself with the unlocking of EVM machines in the presence of the candidates and their election agents. Postal ballots would be counted first from 8 a.m. and the EVMs would be opened as soon as the postal ballot counting is completed. If the postal ballot counting is delayed the EVM counting would start parallelly.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Telangana Vikas Raj said all arrangements have been made for smooth conducting of counting which will begin at 8 a.m. at 49 counting centres covering all the 119 Assembly constituencies. Police forces have been deployed at all the centres with a two-tier security ring. Only those with the passes issued by the Election Commission of India will be allowed after a thorough check.
