The counting of votes of the Adityapur Municipal Corporation polls will begin at 8 am at the Kashi Sahu College in Seraikela on Friday.
Counting will take place in eight rounds. Results of each round would be declared in every 30 minutes. About 170 including 40 magistrates would be engaged in counting. Around 200 armed police personnel would be deployed at the counting centre.
Announcements would be made from the media centre at the venue of the counting. There are about 1.9 lakhs total number of voters. Polling per cent was 61.8. SDO Seraikela- cum- returning officer Sanjiv Dubey said, “All preparation have been made for peaceful conduct of the counting.”
The fight for the post of mayor in Adityapur Municipal Corporation is interesting, as all the 14 candidates, who had filed nominations, did not withdraw their candidature.
The Municipal Corporation Elections in Adityapur, in the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district has become more interesting, as the BJP's official candidate Vinod Srivastava faced challenge from two of the candidates having saffron background are also in the fray.
Adityapur Municipal Corporation (AMC) Elections was held for electing mayor, deputy mayor and 35 ward commissioners by a total of 1.9 lakh voters. Earlier the Civic Poll was held in 2013, but it was for
Adityapur Municipal Council. With a population of over 2.5 lakh, Adityapur Municipal Council is comprised of 32 wards.
Seraikela-Kharsawan deputy commission Chhabi Ranjan said that in all 14 candidates had contested for the post of mayor and 10 candidates were in the fray for the post of deputy mayor.