BY TC News Desk
Agartala, January 21, 2023: As per sub-section (2) of section 15 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the notification for the upcoming state assembly elections has been officially issued on Saturday.
According to the notification, the last date for submission of nomination papers is 30th January, 2023 (Monday). The nomination papers will be scrutinized on January 31, 2023 (Tuesday). Last date for withdrawal of nomination papers is February 2, 2023 (Thursday).
Voting will be held on February 16, 2023 (Thursday). All selection process will be completed by March 4, 2023 (Saturday).
According to the final list of voters published by the Chief Electoral Officer’s office, there are 28 lakh 23 thousand 822 electorates including 10,344 service voters, 65,044 first-time voters, 17,297 persons with disabilities (PwDs), 77 third genders and 38,039 senior citizens i.e. 80 years and above in Tripura.
The 28.23 lakh electorates will exercise their franchise on February 16 next in 3,328 polling stations at 2,504 locations which was 25.73 lakh voters at 3,214 polling stations in the 2018 assembly election. The average voter per polling station is 845.
