Counting of votes polled for the October 15 Kandhamal lok Sabha bypoll would begin at 8 am at seven centres in five of the seven Assembly segments on Sunday.
The five places where the counting would take place are Phulbani, Baliguda, Boudh, Bhanjanagar and Nayagarh.Votes would be counted in 18 rounds and the results would be announced after completion of each round.A 100-metre barricade has been erected at each counting centre for security reason.Even though there are seven candidates, the bypoll virtually witnessed a triangular fight between BJD nominee Pratyusha Rajeswari Singh, the BJP’s Rudra Madhab Ray and the Congress’ Abhimanyu Behera.