“Counting of Votes & Results Announcement” in Greenwood Erragattugutta
14/07/2023— #Erragattugutta #Greenwood high School
It is commonly known that Counting of Votes is the last phase of any election process and it was same with the Greenwood Head Boy and Head Girl Elections-2023. All the boys and girls, teaching, supporting and office staff, after casting their votes on Election Day i.e. 11th July 2023, waited exuberantly for the results.
Dr. G. BHARADWAJA NAIDU garu, the Director and Chief Election Commissioner, announced 14th July 2023 as the counting date. Elaborate arrangements were made for the counting. A counting centre was also arranged in the school premises.
Teachers were appointed as Counting officers. The procedure of counting was carried out by the election commission which was almost similar to the Election Commission of India’s directives. It was all done under the supervision and direction of the Returning Officer Sri. Sateeshan Achari and in the presence of the candidates and their agents.
First of all, this counting process began with the bringing of sealed ballot boxes from a secured place to the counting hall in a procession accompanied by the Chief Election Commissioner Dr. G. Bharadwaja Naidu garu, Principal Secretary Sri. A Prabhu Kumar, Election Commission Special Officer Sri. VVV Naveen Kumar, Chief Intelligence Officer Sri. T Pavan Kumar, Election Commissioners, Returning Officer, Observers, Chief Security Officers and the candidates. Meanwhile, the students and staff gathered at the school campus to listen the election result. All the students sat in their class wise allotted places and witnessed the whole event following the live commentary, public talks and opinion polls on loud speakers organized by the Dept. of English.
Next, at the counting tables, arranged separately one for girls and one for boys, the sealed ballot boxes were opened, ballot papers were tied up into the bundles of hundred votes and the votes secured by each candidate were counted. Total number of votes polled was 1629, among them 1220 were boys’ votes (including staff votes) and 409 were girls’ votes (including staff votes).
There were 4 stages in counting. Dr.G. Bharadwaja Naidu garu announced the leading position in each stage of counting. The candidate, one from the boys and one from the girls who secured the highest number of votes was declared elected.
From boys, RATHOD ROHAN (TREE Symbol) WON BY A LEAD OF 261 VOTES on his opponent DAGGU ABHINAV RAO(GRADUATION HAT Symbol).
From girls, VURUGONDA LAKSHMI THANISHKA (GRADUATION HAT Symbol) WON BY A LEAD OF 201 VOTES on her opponent PALLE SUMANA SRI (TREE Symbol).
The entire campus was buoyant during the counting. Round wise results were announced by Dr. G. BHARADWAJA NAIDU garu, the Director and Chief Election Commissioner and subsequently premises was reverberated with the cheers of supporters on hearing their favourite contestant was in leading. After the declaration of the winners, winning certificates were awarded to the newly elected Head Boy and Head Girl followed by their address to the gathering, photo session and party.
The Director, General Manager and Academic as well as Administrative Principals appreciated all the staff members and students who took active part in making this event a grand success. Especially they appreciated SOCIAL Department
- Mr. Sateeshan Achari – Returning Officer
- Ranjit Behara – Election commissioner
- B. Kranthi Kumar – Election Commissioner
- Sima Rout – Presiding Officer.
for their great efforts to get all students involved in casting their votes and to experience and learn a Practical Lesson of Indian Voting System. They also appreciated NCC ANO Mr. S. Radha Krishnan and Mr. M. Ramakrishna for making all the security arrangements with their team of NCC Cadets(Girls and Boys).
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