Team Herald
PANJIM: For the very first time in Goa, counting of votes of all 40-Assembly constituencies will be taken up together. The counting for all constituencies will start at 8 am on March 10 and the results are expected to be declared within three-four hours.
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Over 9.26 lakh electorate that included 4,42,718 male and 4,84,122 female voters had exercised their franchise on February 14. Total 301 candidates are in fray across 40 Assembly seats.
In North Goa counting will be held at Government Polytechnic, Altinho, Panjim and in South counting will take place at Damodar College of Commerce and Economics in Margao.
A senior official said that this is going to be the first time that counting of all constituencies will be done together as against the earlier method of counting of different constituencies in multiple rounds. “We can expect result for Goa by 11 am to 12 pm,” official said.
Out of 40 constituencies in the State, 19 constituencies will be taken up for counting in North and 21 in South. The observers appointed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for counting arrived in Goa on Monday. Nearly 1,400 staff would be deployed for counting process.
“A detailed meeting on the preparedness on counting day was held on Monday,” an official said.
Officials said that the counting will begin with postal ballots at 8 am followed by EVM counting. There will be five to seven counting rounds before results are declared.
