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Jaipur: As the fate of 2,274 candidates will be decided on Tuesday, counting for the 199 assembly seats in Rajasthan will begin at 8 am. In Jaipur 1,500 police personnel including the paramilitary force will be deployed.Out of the 35 counting centres in the state, Jaipur and Jodhpur will have two centres each. The two counting centres in Jaipur will be in Rajasthan College and Commerce College.In the current assembly, the BJP has 156 seats and the Congress 25. It is being touted as a direct fight between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress in about 130 seats. Through this method the number of votes obtained from the EVMs will be matched with the corresponding VVPAT slips,” said Kumar..