New Delhi: Ahead of Tripura assembly Polls which is slated for February 18 BJP parliamentary board is expected to meet today and finalize the list of candidates for the state elections.

Days after, the Election Commission issued notification for upcoming assembly Polls to Tripura which is slated for February 18, the state is witnessing chaotic political activities.

 The nomination process is in progress in the state which will keep on till January 31. The date for scrutiny of nominations is scheduled on February 1, while the last date for taking out of candidatures is February 3. Counting of votes is scheduled on March 3. Polling will be held on February 18 next and counting is scheduled on March 3 along with Meghalaya and Nagaland and the election process will be completed on March 5 next, the notification stated adding that code of conduct of election is already in force and all the parties were asked to seek consent for holding any election activities.

So far, as many as 25,69,216 voters will be caught up in adult franchise among which 13,03,420 are male voters, 12,65,785 are female voter and 11 numbers of transgender have been registered. The number of polling stations are also augmented from 3041 to 3214 for this time and 799 voters are kept per polling booth.