Over 80 pc votes polled in Tripura civic elections

Over 80 per cent votes were polled today in the elections to the 20 civic bodies in Tripura, including the 49-member Agartala Municipal Corporation, which passed off peacefully.
"The elections to the 20 civic bodies were incident free and passed off peacefully. Till 3 PM over 80 per cent voters cast their votes," Member Secretary of the State Election Commission, Tamal Mazumder told reporters here.
The ruling CPI(M) in Tripura had won all the 11 wards of Jirania Nagar Panchayat in West district, six of the eleven wards in Amarpur Nagar Panchayat in Gomati district and two of the 15-member Municipal Council of Khowai district without any contest, Mazumder added.

886 candidates of different political parties and independents were in the fray for the 20 civic bodies in Tripura.
537,968 voters, including 268,754 females, were entitled to cast their votes in the municipal elections through Electronic Voting Machines.
Counting of votes would be taken up on December 12.
The Agartala Municipality was elevated to the status of Agartala Municipal Corporation two years ago. The civic body was formed in the princely state of Tripura in 1871 during the reign of Maharaja Bir Chandra Manikya.