Elaborate arrangements have been made for counting of votes for the Karnataka Assembly elections today. <br />''<br />''The counting will begin at 8 in the morning at 283 centres in 38 places across the state. <br />''<br />''Polling for the 222 of the 224 seats was held on 12th of this month. <br />''<br />''Election in Jayanagar Assembly constituency was countermanded following the death of BJP candidate while in Rajarajeswari Nagar Assembly seat it was deferred on account of alleged electoral malpractices.<br />''<br />''The fate of over 2,600 candidates will be decided tomorrow. The election was a three-cornered contest between the ruling Congress, the opposition BJP and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda's JD(S).<br />''<br />''Over 16,600 personnel have been deployed at the counting centres.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, re-polling in three booths – one in Lottegollahalli of Hebbal constituency in Bengaluru and two in Kushtagi in Koppal district, ended peacefully. <br />''<br />''53 percent voter turnout was recorded in Lottegollahalli and around 78 percent at Kushtagi. Election commission ordered re-election following malfunctioning of EVMs in Hebbal, while voters' names were wrongly listed in Kushtagi.