Agartala: The voting for Tripura West parliamentary constituency continues amidst heavy security on Thursday, officials said. The voter turnout in Tripura West parliamentary constituency is 81.8 percent.
A total of 13,47,381 electorates, including 6,65,322 women will exercise their franchise to decide the fates of 13 candidates.
A total of 1,679 polling stations, including 30 to be managed by only women polling officials and security personnel, have been set up to conduct polls.
Though there are 13 candidates in the Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency, the main contest is between BJP candidate Pratima Bhoumik, 50, Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front candidate Sankar Prasad Datta, 61, and Subal Bhowmik, 58, who quit BJP to contest as Congress nominee.
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