TRIPURA: Elections to the sixty-member assembly of the northeastern state of Tripura will be held today 16 February.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the people of Tripura to cast their votes in record numbers and enhance the festival of democracy as they head to the polls on Thursday to pick who will fill 60 seats in the state legislature and form the state's next government.

In a recent tweet, Prime Minister Modi urged citizens to exercise their right to vote in order to set a new record for voter turnout. He added that voting would improve India's democracy. He placed a particular emphasis on encouraging the state's youth to register and cast ballots.

"Encouraging Tripurans to cast their ballots in record numbers to support the democracy festival. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on Thursday, "I especially call upon the youth to use their franchise.

Voters must select a candidate for their seat in the state election, who is likely running under the banner of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), together with its allies the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT), the Congress-CPI(M), the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), TIPRA Motha, etc.

The saffron party is running for 55 seats, while its ally IPFT is running for the final five. Another party, TIPRA Motha, made the decision to run unopposed in 42 of the state's 60 constituencies.

The current state assembly elections will primarily be decided by the tribally dominant seats in the state. There are 20 seats in Tripura that are primarily held by tribal people. Along with other parties, the CPI (M) will run for 43 seats, while its Left Front allies Forward Block, RSP, and CPI will each run for one. On 13 seats, the Indian National Congress will run for office. The TMC, however, will contest 28 seats. There will be 58 candidates running on their own.

As per reports, Tripura voting is held under tight security between 7 am and 4 pm at 3,337 polling stations, out of which 1,100 were identified as sensitive and 28 as critical. As many as 31,000 polling personnel and 25,000 security personnel of central forces are ready to conduct the election in a free, fair and peaceful manner. Besides, 31,000 employees of the state armed police and the state police will be deployed to maintain law and order.

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