The counting of votes would commence at sharp 8 in the morning on December 11 for all the preparations are underway, said Koriya District Electoral Officer and Collector Narendra Kumar Dugga.
Giving details, he said each assembly constituency has been allocated separate rooms where first the postal ballot papers received from the personnel deputed for election and the service voters (electronically transmitted postal ballot) will be counted.
Koriya DEO said that for Bharatpur-Sonhat and Baikunthpur seats 14 tables each have been installed for counting while for Manendragarh it is seven tables.
On postal ballot, he informed that for Bharatpur-Sonhat seat 893 postal ballots were issued out of which 264 have been received till date while for Manendragarh seat 197 ballots have been received against 1083 issued.
He advised the contestants and counting agents to arrive in the counting centres located at Government Ramanuj Higher Secondary School, at district headquarters Baikunthpur before 7.30 am. Candidates or representative or counting agents will be allowed permission in premises with identity card having photograph issued by the concerned assembly constituency Returning Officer.
DEO further said that no electronic equipment mainly mobile phones will be allowed.