Overview
- Counting is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, October 27, at designated centres such as UAS Dharwad, Gulbarga University and Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune.
- Officials expect multiple rounds of counting because votes were cast under the single transferable vote system, so final results may come late in the day or at night.
- Counting teams have finished practical training and returning officers set table layouts — for example 14 tables in Dharwad and 100 tables for the Pune graduates’ count — to manage large candidate fields.
- Ballot boxes from the October 23 polls are sealed in guarded strongrooms with three‑layer security, CCTV and round‑the‑clock police deployment to ensure transparency when boxes are opened.
- High turnout in several constituencies, notably Maharashtra’s Amravati Teachers’ at about 92.25% and overall Pune/Nagpur figures, plus contests in UP between BJP and Samajwadi Party, make these counts a test of party organisation ahead of 2027 polls.