Regarding the vote counting scheduled for May 4, 2026, as part of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly General Elections, the District Election Officer (and District Collector), Mr. S. Kandasamy, inaugurated the computer-based randomization process for assigning duties to Micro-observers, Supervisors, and Assistants who will be deployed at the vote counting centers. This process was initiated through the official website of the Election Commission of India, in the presence of the Returning Officers.
The inauguration of this computer-based randomization process—conducted via the Election Commission of India’s website to allocate duties to the Micro-observers, Supervisors, and Assistants working at the vote counting centers on May 4, 2026—took place at the Erode District Collectorate office under the leadership of the District Election Officer/District Collector, Mr. S. Kandasamy.
The vote counting for the 8 Legislative Assembly constituencies within the Erode district is scheduled to commence at 8:00 AM on May 4, 2026, across two designated counting centers: the Government College of Engineering in Sithode and the Gobi Arts and Science College in Gobichettipalayam. Consequently, the duty allocation process for the Supervisors, Assistants, and Micro-observers who will be engaged in the vote counting operations on May 4, 2026, has been successfully initiated through the computer-based randomization system via the Election Commission of India’s website. Under this arrangement, a total of 408 officials—comprising 17 Supervisors, 17 Assistants, and 17 Micro-observers assigned to each Legislative Assembly constituency—are set to participate in the vote counting process. In the Erode district, the counting of votes recorded in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) across the 2,379 polling stations spanning its 8 Assembly constituencies will be conducted on a total of 112 tables—specifically, 14 tables allocated for each of the 8 constituencies. Furthermore, for the 8 Assembly constituencies within Erode district, 56 supervisors, 112 assistants, and 56 micro-observers have been assigned to undertake the task of counting postal votes. The counting of postal votes is scheduled to take place across 48 tables. Work assignments for the personnel involved in these tasks were allocated through a computerized randomization process. Subsequently, a consultative meeting regarding the vote counting process was held for the Returning Officers. The event was attended by District Revenue Officer S. Santhakumar; Returning Officers Arpit Jain (Erode East), Sivanandam (Gopichettipalayam), and Sindhuja (Erode West); Computer Programmer Venkatesh; and officials from relevant departments.
