Agartala, Feb 15: The 60-member Tripura assembly will go for polls on Thursday amid tight security. The polling will be held between 7 am to 4 pm.
There are a total of 3,337 polling stations, out of which 1,100 have been identified as sensitive and 28 as critical.
The Tripura Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said, “As many as 31,000 polling personnel and 25,000 security personnel of central forces are ready to conduct the election in a free, fair and peaceful manner. Besides, 31,000 employees of the state armed police and the state police will be deployed to maintain law and order.”
The Tripura assembly polls will have a triangular contest between the BJP-IPFT alliance, CPI-M-Congress combine and the Tipra Motha.
Meanwhile, polling officials have already reached the polling station for Thursday’s polling.
The international border between India and Bangladesh has been sealed to prevent trouble mongers from entering the State.
The official said a total of 28.13 lakh voters including 13.53 lakh women will decide the fate of 259 aspirants, of whom 20 are women.
The BJP is contesting in 55 seats, its ally will contest in six seats, meaning there will be a friendly fight for one seat.
Similarly, the CPI-M is contesting in 47 seats while its alliance partner Congress is fighting in 13 constituencies. The Tipra Motha has fielded 42 candidates.
The Trinamool Congress has fielded nominees in 28 constituencies while there are 58 independent aspirants.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha is contesting from the Town Bardowali constituency, while Union Minister Pratima Bhowmik is contesting from Dhanpur on BJP ticket. CPI-M state secretary Jitendra Chadudhury, who is the face of the Left-Congress combined, is fighting from the Sabroom assembly seat.
“We are excepting a fight between the three parties. This time we will vote for development because our state remains backward and neglected for several years. We want development of our state and decided to vote for the party which will bring development in our state,” said a voter of Agartala.
