Polling for the 60-member Tripura Assembly is under way in over 3,000 polling stations. Voting began at 7 am on Thursday and will continue till 4 pm. Over 28.14 lakh voters are expected to exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 259 candidates in fray for the Tripura Assembly election 2023.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded 55 candidates, including 12 women candidates while its ally IPFT will be contesting in six assembly seats. The Congress is contesting in 13 assembly constituencies, while the CPM is contesting in 47 seats. The Tipra Motha will contest in 42 assembly seats, the Trinamool Congress in 28 constituencies while there 58 independent candidates.
Festival of Democracy in Tripura, see pics
Transgender voters cast their vote in 13-Pratapgarh AC, Aralia, West Tripura district. There are 62 third gender voter in Tripura, as per the data shared by the state CEO on Twitter. (PHOTO: CEO, Tripura/Twitter)
Voters from the International Border area on the way to cast their vote (PHOTO: CEO, Tripura/Twitter)
Bru migrants from Mizoram exercised their right to vote for the first time in the Tripura Assembly Election 2023 after they were resettled in Tripura. (PHOTO: CEO, Tripura/Twitter)
Bru migrant voters are seen coming out in large numbers to cast their vote in Haduklaupara in 47 Ambassa Assembly Constituency in Dhalai district (PHOTO: ECI, Twitter)
Voters of Raima Assembly Constituency travelling by boats in Dumbur Lake in Dhalai district of Tripura to cast their votes during Assembly Elections 2023. (PHOTO: CEO, Tripura/Twitter)
Security personnel helping age old voters in Gachiram Para High School under Kanchanpur Assembly Constituency of North Tripura district (PHOTO: ECI, Twitter)
