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Voting underway in Tripura-Mizoram border
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AGARTALA, Nov 28 (TIWN): 11,232 Bru migrants in Tripura are voting at Mizoram-Tripura border amid tight security.
Among the over 35,000 Reang tribal immigrants, 11,232 men and women are eligible to cast their votes in the November 28 assembly polls for the 40-member Mizoram assembly.
Voting will continue uninterrupted till 4 pm. In all 768,181 voters, including 393,685 women, would decide the electoral fate of the 209 candidates, of whom 15 are women. In 2013, only six women had contested and none were successful.
Mizoram's Joint Chief Electoral Officer Zorammuana said that no untoward incident has been reported so far from anywhere in the state and its bordering places.
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