Thiruvananthapuram, June 21 -- Votes will be counted for bypoll to the Nilambur Legislative Assembly Constituency (LAC) from 8 am on June 23.

Chief Electoral Officer, Dr Ratan U Kelkar, said that the strong room will be opened at 7.30 am in the presence of the candidates' agents, and the counting of votes will begin at 8 am, according to a release.

Nineteen rounds of counting will be held across 14 tables. Five tables have been set up for counting postal ballots, including ETBS. The postal ballots will be counted first. After this, the electronic votes will be counted, the release said.

The counting of votes will be done in the presence of the Observer appointed by the Election Commission and the candidates or their agents. Micro obser...