Tripura Elections Live: 65% turnout recorded till 3 pm as 59 of 60 Assembly seats go to polls
Voting begins in 59 of 60 Assembly seats in Tripura
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:
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#TripuraElection2018: 65% voter turnout till 3.00pm
45.86% voter turnout till 1.00 pm in Tripura
The voting process got delayed in some booths of West Tripura, Khowai, Unakoti districts as election workers could not connect the EVMs
It is going on smoothly. We hope the momentum carries on. There were couple of issues in EVMs in the morning. Our team has resolved the issue. We will be able to complete polling before the stipulated time: Sriram Taranikanti, Chief Electoral Officer Tripura
The PM had appealed the people of Tripura to come out to vote. We are confident that people will listen to him & join us in our slogan of 'Cholo Paltai': Ram Madhav, BJP National General Secretary
ITBP troops at Polling Booths in Gomati and South Tripura
23.25% voter turnout recorded till 11 am in Tripura elections
Visuals of voting from Shishu Bihar School polling booth in Agartala
11% voters turnout recorded till 9 am in Tripura Election 2018
Tripura CM Manik Sarkar casts his vote at a polling booth in Agartala, he is an MLA from Dhanpur constituency
People outside polling booth number 6/20 in Agartala's Bhati Abhay Nagar
Tripura ​BJP President Biplab Kumar Deb confident of winning
People queue to cast their votes at polling booth number 31/34 in Tripura's Udaipur
300 companies of central armed forces have been deployed across Tripura along with state armed personnel and the police
BSF is keeping keep close vigil along the 856 km long Indo-Bangladesh border in the state
I appeal to my sisters and brothers of Tripura, particularly young voters, to turnout in record numbers and cast their vote in the Assembly Elections: PM Modi tweets
Director General of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) R K Pachnanda has been appointed as a special observer to coordinate the security forces deployed in the state
State Director General of Police Akhil Kumar Shukla said on Saturday that tight security measures are in place across Tripura
The BJP has forged an alliance with tribal outfit Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT)
BJP has fielded 51 candidates and IPFT will contest in the remaining nine seats
Tripura chief electoral officer Sriram Taranikanti said the Election Commission has appointed police observers, general observers and expenditure observers to ensure free and fair polls
The Congress is going it alone in Tripura this time and will contest in 59 seats
Congress president Rahul Gandhi addressed only one rally at Kailashahar in Unakoti district on the last day of campaigning
Leaders like Sitaram Yechury and Brinda Karat also campaigned for the Left
CM Manik Sarkar led the CPI(M)'s campaign, addressing around 50 rallies in the state.
BJP president Amit Shah, Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari and Smriti Irani and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also campaigned in Tripura
The BJP held a high-voltage campaign in Tripura with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing as many as four rallies in the state
BJP has emerged as the main challenger to the ruling Left Front, which has been in power in Tripura for the last 25 years
People at polling booth number 6/20 in Agartala's Bhati Abhay Nagar
Voters queue up at polling booth number 31/34 in Tripura's Udaipur
People queue to vote outside a polling booth in Tripura's Udaipur