Section 54(5) in Andhra Pradesh Municipal Councils/Nagar Panchayats (Conduct of Election) Rules, 1965
(5)The ballot boxes relating to all polling stations in a ward and all envelopes pertaining there to enclosed which may have been received shall be opened one after another according to the serial number of the polling station. The election officer shall take out the ballot papers from all the ballot boxes. The ballot papers so taken out shall be mixed, counted and record the total number of votes counted by the candidates concerned in a statement.
