India, May 2 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday said that all procedures have been completed in connection with the tallying of the votes polled in the April 9 Assembly elections in Kerala and issued a number of dos and don'ts to be followed by political parties' agents and the media during the counting process on May 4.

Kerala Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Rathan U Kelkar said, in a statement, that the counting will begin at 8 am on May 4 at 140 centres located in 43 places, and a total of 15,465 personnel will be involved in the process.

The personnel include 140 Returning Officers (ROs), 1,340 Assistant ROs (AROs), 4,208 micro-observers, 4,208 counting supervisors and 5,563 counting assistants, he said.

The counting...