Guwahati, May 3 -- As votes for 126 assembly constituencies in Assam will be counted on Monday, the Election Commission (EC) deployed observers for each constituency to ensure its smooth conduct.

A total of 5,981 counting officials, along with 2,348 micro observers have been deployed. The counting will start at 8am in 40 centres across 35 districts.

There is also a three-tier security system at strong rooms where the electronic voting machines (EVMs) are kept: 20 companies of central armed police forces (CAPFs) handle the innermost cordon, 13 companies of state armed police are in the second tier, and around 800 unarmed police personnel are in the first tier.

Apart from them 2 companies of central reserve police force (CRPF) are on sta...