Deputy Commissioner (DC) and Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) Kohima, Rajesh Soundararajan, has informed all candidates that the votes for 8 Western Angami, 9 Kohima Town , 10 Northern Angami I , 11 Northern Angami II, 12 Tseminyu, 14 Southern Angami I and 15 Southern Angami II Assembly segments under Kohima district will be counted on May 31, 8 a.m. at DC office Kohima.
According to DIPR, DC & ARO Kohima has further informed all candidates that, under law, counting agents are to be appointed in Form 18 — one for each counting table. The candidates have been requested to note that the 100 meter periphery around the counting centre will be demarcated as a “pedestrian zone” and no vehicles shall be allowed within it. Only the candidate/his election agent and counting agents appointed by him and any other person with authorized photo identity card duly issued by the election commission/district election officer/returning officers displayed on his person shall be allowed to cross the first cordon of the security ring. No personal effects like cellular phones, cameras — still or video (except official recording by appointed person) — is allowed inside the counting hall. If any such items are brought, they should be deposited at the counter that will be opened for the purpose, stated the report.