Counting for Nagpur graduates' constituency on Tuesday at 84 tables

Votes cast for the Nagpur division graduates' constituency of the Maharashtra Legislative Council will be counted tomorrow, Tuesday, October 27. Counting will begin at 8 am at the Mankapur Indoor Stadium in Nagpur. The administration has made full preparations, with 84 tables set up for the count. The counting centre will be under tight police guard. The second round of training for counting staff was completed today.

Returning officer and Divisional Commissioner Vijayalakshmi Bidari said 38 candidates are in the fray in this election.

Voting was held earlier, on October 23, at a total of 445 centres across Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. Of the 2,55,603 registered voters, 1,65,672 cast their votes, putting the overall turnout at 64.82%.

District-wise, Chandrapur recorded the highest turnout at 73.05%, while Nagpur recorded the lowest at 60.35%. Among the other districts, turnout was 67.07% in Bhandara, 71.29% in Gondia, 68.35% in Wardha and 72.95% in Gadchiroli.

To ensure the count is transparent, counting staff were trained at the Divisional Sports Complex. Election observer Dr Harshdeep Kamble and Commissioner Bidari briefed more than 400 officials and employees at the training. The observer and the returning officer then also inspected the strong room, the arrangement of tables and the parking.

As the election was held on ballot papers, counting will be done according to the order of preference. The final result will be declared only after the validity of ballots is checked.