New Delhi: Victory of Pranab Mukherjee, the ruling UPA’s candidate for the Presidential poll held on Thursday, is a foregone conclusion, but the final outcome will be announced after counting of the ballots on Sunday at Parliament House.
“The results of the Presidential election will be known immediately after counting is over on Sunday,” Rajya Sabha Secretary General and returning officer for the poll V.K. Agnihotri said here.
Agnihotri noted that the Rajya Sabha Secretariat has made necessary security arrangements for the counting that will take place in Room No.63 of Parliament House from 11 a.m.
Rajya Sabha officials, who have been entrusted with the conduct of the poll, said all the ballot boxes from the states have reached Parliament House, where a strong room for storing them had been prepared. (IANS)
