Chief Electoral Officer of HImachal Pradesh, Pushpendra Rajput on Thursday said that preparation for counting of votes for Assembly Election-2017 has been completed and the counting for all 68 Vidhan Sabha segments of Himachal Pradesh would start simultaneously at 48 counting centers in the State from 8 am on December 18.
The CEO said that 2820 officers and officials would be deployed for counting of votes, which includes 940 supervisors, 940 counting assistants and 940 micro-observers throughout the state.
He said 781 tables would be set-up for the counting process besides 68 tables for returning officers. Web-casting and video-graphing and CCTVs would be used at all counting stations.
Rajput said that three-tier security arrangements for the whole process have been made and there would be a total ban on mobiles phones at all-counting stations.
He said that media centers would be set-up at 48 counting stations to provide all the election-related information.
He said that one polling booth from each assembly constituency would be selected by draw of lot for counting of VVPATs slips.