Over 80% turnout in Tripura, Bru migrants vote too

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The tentative voter turnout for the 60-member Tripura Assembly today was recorded at 80.13 per cent with the final figures to be known only by Friday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said...

The polling passed off largely violence-free, the commission said, adding that eligible Bru migrant voters, displaced from Mizoram 26 years ago due to ethnic trouble, were able to exercise their franchise for the first time in the state...

Notices to state units of Cong, BJP for seeking votes on Twitter when polling was underwaySeizures of over Rs 147 crore so far in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland, mark a 20-time increase as compared to the Assembly elections in 2018..

As against 168 repolls in the state in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, todays poll for 60 Assembly seats in Tripura has been largely peaceful with no (demand for) repoll reported so far, the poll panel said in a statement...

Meanwhile, the ECI said it had seized drugs, cash, and freebies worth over Rs 147 crore in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya...

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