29.8 per cent polling in Mizoram till 1 pm

An average 29.8 per cent votes have been polled for election to the lone Mizoram Lok Sabha seat and bypoll to the Aizawl West-I assembly seat till 1 pm, an election official said.

The fate of six candidates for the Lok Sabha seat would be decided by an electorate of 7,78,777. Three nominees are in the fray in the Assembly bypoll.

The state witnessed the average turnout of 29.8 per cent in the first six hours of polling, state chief electoral officer (CEO) Ashish Kundra said.

Polling will continue till 5 pm.