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District Election Officer RV Karnan briefed poll officials on vote-counting procedures ahead of the November 14 Jubilee Hills by-election. Officials underwent training on ECI guidelines, counting rules, and accurate handling of postal ballots and EVM votes

Invalid votes polled in MLC elections, about 20 percent of votes are being found invalid in ballot boxes opened as part of the counting of votes

The counting process commenced at 8 AM in the Ambedkar Indoor Stadium, where ballot boxes had been securely stored in a strong room following the completion of polling on February 27.

The number of rounds for counting varies, with a maximum of 24 rounds in Choppadandi, Yakutpura, and Devarakonda Assembly segments, and a minimum of 13 rounds in Armoor, Bhadrachalam, and Aswaraopet constituencies.

To begin with, postal ballots will be counted at 8 am, followed by votes polled on the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

The counting of votes for constituencies falling under Nizamabad district will be held at Government Polytechnic College.

Chandrashekhar Rao is learnt to have asked the party leaders and cadre to be ready for celebrations on December 3 when the final results are officially announced.

US media organisations called Michigan for Biden where he had a lead of some 120,000 votes.