New Delhi, Feb 26 (NNN-PTI) -- Counting of votes in the assembly elections to Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur will be taken up Tuesday.
The counting of votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will begin at 0800 hours and the results are expected within a few hours.
The counting for bypolls to Amritsar (Punjab) and Tehri (Uttarakhand) Lok Sabha seats will also take place Tuesday.
In Punjab, where the ruling Congress and opposition Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP combine is locked in a bitterly fought battle, the fate of 1043 candidates in 116 constituencies will be known Tuesday. About 76 per cent of the 16.6 million voters have exercised their franchise on February 13.
The voting in Beas constituency of Amritsar district has been deferred to March 11 due to violence there.
The prominent contestants in the state are Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his arch-rival SAD President Parkash Singh Badal, state Congress President Shamsher Singh Dullo and former SGPC Chief Bibi Jagir Kaur.
The main battle in Amritsar is between cricketer-turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who resigned from the seat following his conviction in a road rage death case, and state Finance Minister Surinder Singla of Congress.
In Uttarakhand, the fate of 785 candidates belonging to parties including ruling Congress and opposition BJP will be known Tuesday. -- NNN-PTI