3-tier security in place for Yercaud vote counting centre

Yercaud: Amid a tight security wrap, votes polled in the Yercaud Assembly by-election will be counted at CSI Poytechnic College in Salem on Sunday. The Dec­ember 4 poll saw an unprecedented 89.24 per cent voter turnout at the 290 booths in the ST reserved constituency.

The AIADMK seems confident of a fourth successive by-poll sweep with a landslide triumph in Yercaud. Its P.Saroja is locked in a straight battle with DMK’s V.Maran as ‘Captain’ Vijayakanth opted to keep his DMDK out of the contest.

“There is a three-tier security in place. Repres­entatives of the candidates will be allowed in only if they produce identity cards. No food items, mobile phones, sharp objects like knives or blades and gutka will be allowed inside”, returning officer T.Sabapathy told reporters.