Voting for Tripura Assembly elections begins

Voting for the Assembly elections in India's northeastern state of Tripura began on Sunday morning amidst tight security, official said.

"Men and women in large numbers queued up in front of many polling stations well before polling



opened at 7 a.m. in the entire state. Polling ends at 4 p.m.," said Sriram Taranikanti, the Chief Electoral Officer.

In all, 2,536,589 people, including 1,250,128 women and 47,803 first-time voters are eligible to exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 292 candidates, including 23 women and many independents.