Mangaluru : The counting of votes cast in the election to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada Udupi Local Bodies’ Constituency and results will be telecast live in the local television channels on December 30, according to A B Ibrahim, Deputy Commissioner.

The election will be conducted on December 27 from 8 am to 4 pm.

Addressing media on Tuesday he said votes will be counted at Victoria Girls Composite Pre University College, Lady Hill.

The Deputy Commissioner said training to polling booth officers will be conducted at the Town Hall here on December 21 from 11 am.

He said there are eight candidates in the fray.

The voters will have to use only the violet sketch pen to cast vote. A voter would have to vote by placing the figure “1” in the column marked ‘order of preference’ provided opposite the name of the candidate chosen by the voter as first preference.

Even if the number of candidates to be elected is more than one, the figure “1” should be put opposite the name of only one candidate.

Further preferences, which are optional and not compulsory, for the remaining candidates should be indicated by placing the subsequent figures of 2, 3, 4 etc in the order of voter’s preference. Preferences should be indicated only in figures and not in words like one, two, three etc.

If a voter puts tick mark or cross mark to indicate preference such ballot paper would be rejected.

A voter should not sign or write name on the ballot paper. Also should not put thumb impression.