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| Edited By: DNA Web Team |Source: DNA webdesk |Updated: Feb 18, 2018, 04:49 PM IST
Voting for 59 of the total 60 Assembly seats in Tripura began amid tight security today. Voting began at 7 am and will continue till 4 pm at 3,214 polling stations of which 47 would be managed by women.
Voting in Charilam Assembly constituency would be held on March 12 due to the death of the CPI(M) candidate for the seat, Ramendra Narayan Deb Barma a week ago.
Altogether, 307 candidates are in the fray.
20 of 60 seats have been reserved for the scheduled tribes.
The CPI(M) is contesting in 57 seats and while the other Left Front constituents, the RSP, Forward Bloc and CPI, in one seat each.
The BJP, which has forged an alliance with tribal outfit Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) has fielded 51 candidates. IPFT will contest in the remaining nine seats.
The Congress is going it alone in Tripura this time and will contest in 59 seats. The party has not fielded any candidate for Kakrabon constituency in Gomati district.
There are 25,73,413 electorate, of whom 13,05,375 are males and 12,68,027 women while the number of third gender voters is 11. There are 47,803 new voters this time. Counting of votes will take place on March 3.
Here are the live updates of Tripura polls:
