The counting of votes for the 29 parliamentary constituencies of the state would be held at 51 district headquarters on May 16. The venues have been selected for the counting which will begin at 8 am. For counting, the EVMs kept under heavy security will be brought out of strong rooms. large-scale security arrangements will be made at the counting centres where entry will be given only to admission card holders.
Counting for Morena lok Sabha seat will be held at Government Degree College Sheopur and Government Polytechnic College Morena, Bhind lok Sabha seat at Collectorate Bhind and Government School for Excellence Datia, Gwalior seat at Block A, MlB Arts and Commerce College Gwalior and SPS College Shivpuri and counting for Guna Parliamentary seat will be undertaken at Government Post-Graduate College Guna and Government Degree College Ashok Nagar.
Counting for Sagar lok Sabha seat will be held at Government Indira Gandhi Engineering College Sagar and Tikamgarh seat at Government Agriculture College Tikamgarh & Commerce Block of Government Maharaja College Chhatarpur, Damoh seat at Government Polytechnic College Damoh, Khajuraho seat at Government Polytechnic College Satna, Satna seat at Government College for Excellence Satna and counting for Rewa lok Sabha seat will be held at Engineering College Rewa.
Counting for Sidhi lok Sabha seat will be held at SGS Government (Autonomous) College Sidhi and Government Polytechnic College Pachor, Baidhan in Singrauli district and Government Indira Gandhi Home Science College Shahdol, Shahdol seat at Government Eklavya Model Residential Higher Secondary School Anuppur, DRC Bhavan Umaria and Krishi Upaj Mandi Katni and Counting for Jabalpur lok Sabha seat will be held at Government MlB Higher Secondary School Jabalpur.
Similarly, counting for Mandla lok Sabha seat will be held at District Office building Dindori and Government Polytechnic College Mandla, Balaghat seat at Government Polytechnic College Balaghat and Government Polytechnic College Seoni, Mandla seat at Krishi Upaj Mandi Narsinghpur, Chhindwara seat at Government Autonomous College Chhindwara, Betul seat at Jaiwanti Haksar Post-Graduate College Betul and Government Polytechnic College Harda and counting for Hoshangabad lok Sabha seat will be held at Government Home Science College Hoshangabad and Government Polytechnic College Raisen.
Counting for Vidisha lok Sabha seat will be held at SSl Jain College Vidisha, Bhopal seat at Old Central Jail Building Bhopal and RAK Agriculture College Sehore, Rajgarh seat at Government PG College Rajgarh, Dewas seat at ITI Building Shajapur and Central School Dewas, Khandwa seat at BE Subhash Higher Secondary School Civil lines Khandwa and New Collectorate Building Burhanpur and counting for Khargone lok Sabha seat will be held at Government Post Graduate College Khargone and Eklavya Model Residential School Barwani.
Counting for Ratlam lok Sabha seat will be held at Government District Building Alirajpur and Government Polytechnic College Jhabua, Indore seat at Nehru Stadium Indore, Ujjain seat at Government Engineering College Ujjain, Ratlam seat at Government Girls College Ratlam, Mandsaur seat at Government College Mandsaur and Government Post Graduate College Neemuch and counting for Mandla lok Sabha seat will be held at Rajgarh lok Sabha constituency will be held at Government Nehru Post Graduate College Agar-Malwa.
As per directives of the Election Commission, a programme is being chalked out to impart training to government officers and employees to be engaged in this process. They will be informed about directives and instructions of the commission regarding counting during the training.