Polling for the Tripura East parliamentary constituency is underway amidst heavy security on Tuesday.
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The
polling which was scheduled for April 18 last in the second phase was
deffered by the Election Commission of India citing security reasons.
The polling began at 7 a.m. and will continue till 5 p.m.
A
total of 1, 257, 944 electorate, including 620,291 women, are eligible
to exercise their franchise to decide the electoral fate of 10
candidates, including two women.
A total of 1,645 polling
stations, including 31 to be managed by only women polling officials and
security personnel, have been set up to hold the polls in the tribal
reserved seat.
Though there are 10 contestants in the Tripura East
seat, but the three main contenders are Communist Party of
India-Marxist (CPI-M) sitting MP Jitendra Choudhury, ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party’s Rebati Tripura and Maharaj Kumari Pragya Deb Barman from
the Congress.
