The counting of votes for the Nuapada bypoll will start at 8am November 14 under a three-tier security arrangement, an official said Thursday.

District Election Officer (DEO)-cum-Nuapada Collector Madhusudan Dash said the counting will commence with postal ballots at 8am, followed by EVM at 8.30am at 14 tables.

There will be 26 rounds of counting of votes, he said. Of the 2,54,497 registered voters, 2,12,385 electors, including 1,03,817 male, 1,08,563 female and five transgenders have exercised their franchise across 358 polling booths in the bypoll November 11, he said. Dash said a three-tier security arrangement has been put in place with jawans of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) remaining in the inner cordon, while the state armed police will guard the counting centre in the mid

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