Polling for the 60 seat Tripura Assembly will be held today. A triangular contest is on the cards as Congress and CPIM, which have been arch rivals for years.
According to Election Commission, over 28.14 lakh electorates of which 14,15,233 are male voters, 13,99,289 are woman voters and 62 are of the third gender, are eligible to cast their franchise. The voting is underway at 3,337 polling stations
Voting to elect a new government in the northeastern state of Tripura will take place at 8 am as the fate of the 259 candidates will be sealed on 60 Assembly seats today.
The CPI(M) and the Congress are jointly contesting the elections to the 60-member Tripura assembly, which will be held on February 16 but no top leaders of the Congress party were seen in any of the poll rallies or roadshows in the northeastern state.