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Over 50,000 officials deployed for counting of votes in five states

New Delhi: More than 50,000 officials have been deployed for the counting of votes on Thursday in the five states where assembly polls were held recently. Uttar Pradesh, which has a maximum of 403 assembly constituencies, will have more than 750 counting halls, followed by Punjab over 200. Over 650 counting observers have been deployed in the five states to monitor the process. Not more than seven counting tables will be set up in a counting hall, the poll panel had said while announcing the election schedule on January 8.

Deccan Chronicle

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