According to the Election Commission, the counting in all 13 centres will commence at 8 am on Thursday. The counting will initially begin with Postal ballot Count for the first 30 minutes followed by the counting of polled votes in the EVM Control Units.
Ahead of the counting of votes for Meghalaya assembly polls, Meghalaya Chief Minister and NPP chief Conrad Sangma met Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati on Tuesday night.
Chief Election Officer of Meghalaya FR Kharkongor on Wednesday directed the officials to conduct an inquiry into the alleged violation of the secrecy of voting that occurred at the Mawhati Assembly Constituency in Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district during the Assembly elections on February 27.<
The Election Commission of India has set up 13 counting centres for the counting of votes for the Meghalaya assembly elections on March 2 and adequate security measures have been taken across the state.
After the Assembly elections in Tripura, Nagaland, and Meghalaya ended, Bharatiya Janata Party national secretary Rituraj Sinha on Tuesday exuded confidence that the party's vote share would increase in these three northeast states.
With an aim to gain a foothold in the southern state of Telangana, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has formulated a road map to take on Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao's Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in the assembly polls that are scheduled to be held later this year.
Ahead of the Telangana Assembly polls which are scheduled to take place later this year, Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda, Union Home minister Amit Shah held a crucial meeting to deliberate on poll preparedness and it has been decided to intensify party campaign as central leader
Ahead of the Telangana Assembly polls which are scheduled to take place later this year, BJP national president JP Nadda held a review meeting with Telangana leaders to chalk out a strategy for poll preparedness in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday.
Lashing out at Siddaramaiah for his "poll agent" remark against BJP national president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday sought to know whether former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is working as the party agent.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a review meeting on Tuesday to chalk out poll strategies for the upcoming Telangana assembly elections with state leaders at his residence in the national capital, a top BJP source said.