Tripura Assembly Elections: State witnesses 74% turnout

At least 76 % of over 25.73 lakh voters exercised their franchise for the Assembly polls today in Tripura, where the BJP is trying to dislodge the Left Front after an unbroken 25-year stint in power, officials said.

The polling for 59 seats of the 60-member Assembly was peaceful with thousands of central paramilitary forces fanning across the northeastern state.

There were reports of malfunctioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) at some polling stations which were rectified.

A piece of unprecedented gathering at Tripura to watch and listen PM Shri @narendramodi Ji on 15-02-2018 pic.twitter.com/AoN1TUUvM9

— BJP Tripura (@BJP4Tripura) February 17, 2018

Polling could not be held in the Charilam constituency due to the death of CPI(M) candidate Ramendra Narayan Deb Barma last week. The constituency will go to polls on March 12.

The Election Commission said in New Delhi the updated polling percentage was complied from 41 of the 59 constituencies.

At its briefing earlier, the poll watchdog had put the figures at 74 %.

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