28,13,478 voters to cast vote in 2023 assembly election; final electoral roll published
Jan 06, 2023The state of Tripura on Thursday published the final voter lists of 60 assembly constituencies of the state for the ensuing assembly election.
The Chief Electoral Officer Kiran Gitte on Friday addressed a press conference and informed that a total of 28,13,478 voters will cast their vote in the ensuing election. Out of the total voters the state registered 14,14,576 male voters and 13,98,825 female voters while the rest 77 voters belong to the third gender, he told reporters.
He said the final voters’ list has been made available in all 3328 polling stations across 60 assembly constituencies.
The figure for electorates was 27.33 lakh in the draft list but after Special Summary Revision, carried out across the state for around two months 80,000 voters have been enrolled finally after resolving all claims and objections from various political parties.
As many as 13,500 Brus have been included in the electoral roll who were settled in Tripura from camps in 12 locations following a quadripartite agreement.
He said the election commission has already set the motion for the assembly poll slated for next month, and the full bench of Election Commission of India (ECI) is likely to visit the state next week to review the preparation for holding elections.
He however informed that all necessary steps have been taken to ensure zero poll violence in a mission mode.
As many as 50 companies’ central forces have been deployed in the areas as part of confidence-building measures to ensure a free and fair election with a focus on ensuring. Another 50 companies will be made available by this week.
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