Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand, K. Ravi Kumar today informed that since the implementation of the Model Code of Conduct, illegal material and cash worth Rs. 139 crore, 3 lakh, 9,542 has been seized in Jharkhand.
Kumar said that the counting of votes for 14 parliamentary constituencies of Jharkhand will be done at 14 centres. All preparations for the counting have been completed. Counting will begin at 8 am on Tuesday. First of all, the postal ballots will be counted. After that, the votes of EVMs will be counted.
He said that as per the rules of the Election Commission of India, no communication device will be allowed inside the counting centre. If the agents who have gone inside the counting centre leave the counting centre campus even once, they will not be able to go inside again. He said that the weather forecast states that the temperature in Palamu and Chatra is likely to remain around 44 degrees during the counting of votes. At the same time, rain is forecast in Kolhan after noon. He was addressing the media at Nirvachan Sadan, Dhurwa on Monday.
He informed that the maximum number of counting of votes will be done in 27 rounds in Chatra and Koderma. The minimum number of counting rounds will be 16 in Khunti. Similarly, the counting of votes will be done in 26 rounds in Godda, 25 in Hazaribagh and Dhanbad, 24 in Dumka and Singhbhum, 23 in Rajmahal, 22 in Palamu, 21 in Jamshedpur, 20 in Ranchi and Lohardaga and 19 in Giridih. 465 tables have been made for counting of postal ballots. Counting of EVM votes will be done on 1492 tables. He informed that the counting of votes for Gandey assembly bye-election would be done in 24 rounds.
