The stage is all set to conduct counting of votes on Tuesday for all seven civic bodies of the Nainital district.
As per the schedule, the counting of votes will start from 8 in the morning. But counting of votes for the mayor/ chairman seat will be preceded by counting of votes for the councillor seat, officials concerned of the Nainital district administration said.
The result of the mayor/ chairman post will be sent to the election observer as soon as the counting process is over. The election observer will declare the name of the winning candidates of the mayor/ chairman seats only after getting the approval of the election commission.
According to officials concerned, counting of votes for the municipal corporation of Haldwani, Nagar Panchayat lalkuwan and Nagar Panchayat Kaladhungi will be conducted at Haldwani, while the same process of counting of votes for the Ramnagar municipal council will be held at Ramanagar.
Meanwhile, counting of votes for the Nainital municipal council, the Bhimtal Nagar Panchayat and the Bhawali municipal council will be held at Nainital, officials said.
At the same time, officials concerned of the Nainital district administration said as many as 10 tables have been put in place for counting of votes of the municipal corporation of Haldwani, while seven tables have been arranged for counting of votes for the Ramnagar municipal council.
Similarly, 10 tables have been put in place for counting of votes of the Nainital municipal council, while counting of votes of the Bhawali municipal council will be done in four tables, the officials added.
Five tables each have been arranged for counting of votes of the Kaladhungi Nagar Panchayat and lalkuwan Nagar Panchayat, while four tables have been put in place for counting of votes of the Bhimtal Nagar Panchayat.
The counting of votes will start as per schedule from 8 on Tuesday morning and after every round of counting of votes, the Returning Officer will give information about the outcome to the control room, said Nidhimani Tripathi, District Election Officer, Nainital.
At the same time, all the officials concerned are supposed to provide information about counting of votes to the control room, Haldwani, time to time so that necessary steps could be taken accordingly, the DEO said.