The counting of votes for the Chengannur Assembly bypoll will be held on Thursday.
Officials said here on Wednesday that all arrangements were in place for the counting at Christian College, Chengannur. The counting will begin at 8 a.m. and early trends are expected by 9 a.m.
The electronic voting machines (EVMs) kept at the strongroom will be shifted to the counting centre by 6 a.m. The strongroom will be opened in the presence of election observer K.D. Kunjam. Postal ballot papers will be counted first.
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and State police personnel have been deployed at the counting centre to provide security.
The byelection was necessitated following the death of Communist Party of India (Marxist) MLA K.K. Ramachandran Nair. The fate of 17 candidates will be known before noon.
