Kerala is with whom? Counting to start at 8 am, trends available by 8.30 am

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Counting of votes for the assembly elections will begin at 8 am. Postal votes will be counted first. There are more than 4000 postal votes in most of the constituencies and it will take hours to count all these.

Electronic voting machines will start counting at 8.30 am. The first results will be announced at 8.30 am. The final result will be delayed more than usual due to the increase in the number of tables to adhere to Covid protocol and the increase in the number of postal votes.

Candidates or agents will not be allowed entry in the counting hall without a Covid negative certificate or a certificate of receiving two doses of the vaccine. Crowds are not allowed in front of the counting centres, celebrations have also been banned.