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Hyderabad, Dec 3: The counting of votes in the high-stakes Hyderabad civic poll would be taken up on Friday. Though the run-up to the poll saw a high pitched campaign by the parties, the turnout of the voters on December 1 was an unimpressive 46.55 per cent (34.50 lakh) out of the total 74.67 lakh voters.
Elaborate arrangements have been made for the counting process which would begin at 8 AM on Friday.
Counting centres have been set up at 30 places and the total number of personnel engaged in counting is 8,152, official sources said on Thursday. The entire counting process would be recorded with CCTV cameras installed at every counting table, they said.
Ballot papers were used for the poll and…