Meghalaya, 2/3: Counting of votes began in Meghalaya at 8 am on Thursday amid tight security, a senior election official said.
Votes polled in 59 of the 60 Assembly constituencies of the state on February 27 are being counted at 13 centres across the state. Polling in Sohiong seat was adjourned due to the death of a candidate.
Twenty-two companies of central paramilitary forces have been deployed to guard the counting centres, Chief Electoral Officer F R Kharkongor told PTI.