Srinagar/Chandigarh, October 8 Counting of votes cast in September-October for the assembly in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir began at 8 am on Tuesday. Along with this, counting of votes has also started for the Haryana Assembly, where voting was held on October 5 for all 90 seats.
According to information received from Srinagar and Chandigarh, there is tight security around the counting centers. Also, adequate security measures have been taken at all sensitive places and generally in the whole of Jammu and Kashmir.
Assembly elections have been held in Jammu and Kashmir after 10 years. Voting for 90 assembly seats was held in three phases on September 18, September 25 and October 1. Officials said that three-tier security arrangements have been made around all the counting centers. Apart from the staff involved in the counting, only authorized agents of the candidates are allowed to enter the counting center.
Overall 63.88 percent voting was held in 90 assembly seats of Jammu and Kashmir. At the same time, a total of 67.90 percent voting took place in 90 seats of Haryana.
Officials said that the counting of postal ballots will be completed first. After this, the counting of votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) will begin. It is estimated that the trends will start becoming clear by afternoon.
Assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir were announced on August 16. The election process is to be completed by October 10.
In the exit poll predictions, Congress is seen getting an absolute majority in Haryana while BJP seems to be missing out on a hattrick. At the same time, most exit polls in Jammu and Kashmir have said that the Congress-NC alliance will get an edge. Now everyone’s eyes are on how close the exit polls prove to be to the actual election results.
