14 tables per constituency in Kanniyakumari for vote counting, says collector
Kanniyakumari District Collector R. Alagumeena announced that EVMs and VVPATs from the district's six constituencies are securely stored at University College of Engineering in Konam ahead of vote counting. She stated that 14 tables will be allocated per constituency for the counting process. The number of counting rounds will vary, with Kanniyakumari having up to 26 rounds and others ranging between 22 and 23 rounds.
- ▪Electronic Voting Machines and VVPATs from Kanniyakumari district are stored at University College of Engineering in Konam.
- ▪Each of the six constituencies will have 14 tables designated for vote counting.
- ▪The Kanniyakumari constituency will have a maximum of 26 counting rounds, while Nagercoil, Colachel, and Padmanabhapuram will have 23 each, and Vilavancode and Killiyoor will have 22 each.
- ▪The announcement was made by District Collector R. Alagumeena during a press conference in Nagercoil.
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Kanniyakumari District Collector R. Alagumeena on Thursday said that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) used during polling process across the six constituencies of Kanniyakumari district have been securely stored at University College of Engineering in Konam and during the counting 14 tables would be set up for each constituency for the counting.Addressing a press conference in Nagercoil, she said that counting in the Kanniyakumari constituency would be taken up in a maximum of 26 rounds. Nagercoil, Colachel and Padmanabhapuram constituencies would each have maximum of 23 rounds of counting Colachel, while Vilavancode and Killiyoor constituencies would have maximum of 22 rounds each.
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