Tripura to go for assembly poll on Feb 16, result on March 2: ECI
Jan 18, 2023The general elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Tripura are scheduled to be held on February 16 next while the poll results will be declared on March 2, said Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday.
Announcing the poll dates for three states of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland on Wednesday noon from Delhi, the CEC said that Nagaland and Meghalaya will go to polls on February 27. The counting of the polls for three states will be announced on March 2. The election dates have been fixed keeping in mind the exam season, he said.
He said women's participation in the voting process has always been high in all these three states. All these three elections will be held in one phase.
In Tripura, the date of the issue of gazette notification is January 21 and the last date for filing nominations is January 30. The last date for the withdrawal of candidatures is on February 2. In Meghalaya and Nagaland, the gazette notification will be issued on January 31. The date for filing nominations is February 7, he said.
He however informed that a total of 9,125 polling stations will be there in the three states, which will be 634 more than in 2018. Webcasting will be there in 73% of polling stations. 376 polling stations will be managed by women.
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