80 per cent voting in Tripura, the result will be announced on March 2

The Commission said that for the first time in many years, the voters of the Bru tribe exercised their franchise. Special efforts were made to register voters from the Bru tribe.

New Delhi: 80 per cent voting in Tripura, the result will be announced on March 2

The Commission said that for the first time in many years, the voters of the Bru tribe exercised their franchise. Special efforts were made to register voters from the Bru tribe.

Election officials said that the Commission has not yet received any demand for re-polling anywhere. "No major violent incident or attack on a candidate or election agent or intimidation of voters, hurling of bombs, re-election or damage to Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) has been reported so far," the commission said. While during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, there was a demand for re-polling from 168 places. Today's polling for the 60-member Tripura Legislative Assembly was by and large peaceful and there has been no demand for re-poll from anywhere so far.

Local teams are dealing with 'sporadic' incidents of violence, he added. The Commission said that for the first time in many years, the voters of the Bru tribe exercised their franchise. Special efforts were made to register voters from the Bru tribe. A total of 14,055 eligible Bru voters were registered at 12 locations in the state. The people of the Bru tribe voted at these places located in four districts.

The Commission said that cash, narcotics, precious metals and free distribution materials worth Rs 1.79 crore were seized during the 2018 assembly elections to influence voters. This time a 25-fold increase was seen in this and cash and other material worth Rs 44.67 crore has been seized from the state so far.