Chennai: With vote counting for Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and four other states scheduled for May 4, Election Commission officials held consultations with central election observers for all 234 constituencies.
Counting is set to begin at 8:00 am. Supervisors appointed for the counting process have completed arrangements inside the counting halls, officials said.
Security at counting centres has been tightened with a three-tier deployment. The elections in politically significant states have drawn nationwide attention over who will form the next governments.
Ahead of the count, Election Commission officials in Delhi held a video conference with central observers to review counting-day preparedness and procedures for declaring results. The Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu also participated in the meeting.
Dinamalar.com said it has made special arrangements to publish the results from the five states live on May 4.
