Voting underway for Tripura assembly elections

February 14, 2013 08:51

Voting for the Tripura assembly elections began Thursday amidst tight security.

Men and women in large numbers queued up in front of polling stations well before voting opened at 7 am in the entire state. Polling ends at 4 pm, said chief electoral officer Ashutosh Jindal.

In all, 23,55,446 people, about half of them women, are eligible to exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 249 candidates, including 15 women and many independents.

"Apprehending trouble by separatist outfits and possible violence, a record 40,000 paramilitary and other security personnel have been deployed, while two air surveillance teams led by senior police officials are conducting air surveillance," the election official said.

"The Election Commission has deployed specially modified electronic voting machines in all the 3,041 polling stations across the state to check possible malpractice and other irregularities," he added.

About 18,000 poll officials, including four teams of polling personnel comprising all women, have been posted to conduct the elections.

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