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Eight counting centres designated for Bihar Legislative Council polls

Patna, Oct 26 (UNI) The Election Commission has designated eight counting centres for the elections to the teacher's and graduate's constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Council.
The votes for eight constituencies will be counted at centres located in six district headquarters across the state. Separate counting arrangements have been made for the teachers' and graduates' constituencies in Patna, Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga.
According to the Election Commission, counting for the Patna Teacher's constituency will take place at the Science Building of Bankipur Government Girls' Higher Secondary School in Patna, while votes for the Patna Graduate's constituency will be counted in the school's main building.
Similarly, counting for the Tirhut Teacher's and Tirhut Graduate's constituencies will be held at the administrative building of the Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology (MIT) in Muzaffarpur. The same building has been designated as the counting centre for both constituencies.
Counting for the Darbhanga Teacher's constituency will take place on the second floor of the Khel Bhawan-cum-Gymnasium building in Darbhanga, while votes for the Darbhanga Graduate's constituency will be counted on the first floor of the same building.
According to the Commission, the regional office of the Bihar School Examination Board in Purnia has been designated as the counting centre for the Kosi Graduates' constituency. Counting for the Saran Teachers' constituency will be held at SVN Government Girls' Higher Secondary School in Chhapra.
The eight constituencies comprise four teacher's and four graduate's constituencies. The counting arrangements have been made across six district-level locations in Patna, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Purnia and Saran districts, according to the Commission.
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