A training session on counting procedures for officials engaged in vote counting for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election was held in Chennai on Thursday at Valluvar Kottam.
According to a press release, the training covered counting procedures for returning officers, micro observers, assistant returning officers, supervisors and assistants. Electronic voting machines have been stored under three-tier security at Queen Mary’s College, Loyola College and Anna University, and are under continuous surveillance. Counting will be taken up on May 4, 2026. Postal ballots will be counted on separate tables, while service voters’ ballots will be handled separately. Votes recorded in electronic machines will be counted across multiple tables in each centre. The counting centres have been arranged constituency-wise, with rounds fixed for each segment.
Later, a consultative meeting with representatives of all political parties regarding arrangements at vote counting centres in Chennai district was held at the Ripon Buildings presided over by District Election Officer and Corporation Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran.
