CHENNAI, May 4 -- Security has been tightened with the deployment of around 100,000 personnel as the counting of votes for the Tamil Nadu assembly election is scheduled for Monday, officials said.

According to the chief electoral officer Archana Patnaik, a comprehensive three tier security arrangement has been set up in all the 62 counting centres across the state, to ensure the integrity and smooth conduct of the counting process.

The counting of votes would start at 8am with the postal ballot counting and followed by Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) counting at 8.30am on May 4, Patnaik said in a statement.

For the purpose of counting votes which are recorded in EVMs, she said, 234 counting halls have been arranged.

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