Tripura Civic Elections: 22 Per Cent Votes Polled Till 11 AM
NDTV
Trinamool has claimed that at least 20 EVMs had malfunctioned in Agartala during the beginning of the elections.
A total of 22 per cent of the 5.94 lakh voters exercised their franchise in the first four hours of polling in Tripura's 14 civic bodies on Thursday amid opposition's allegations of political violence.
State Election Commission Secretary Pallab Bhattacharya said that 22 per cent votes were polled till 11 AM.
He said that no reports of violence or EVM malfunctioning has been reported so far, even though opposition TMC and CPI (M) alleged that their party workers and supporters were attacked and prevented from casting their votes.
Two companies of Border Security Force and 500 Tripura State Rifles personnel have been deployed as per Supreme Court directive in addition to the previous deployment, the official said.