Agartala, April 9 An estimated 79.84 per cent voter turnout was recorded as polling for the by-election to the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in North Tripura ended at 5 pm on Thursday, officials said.
The voting was peaceful, they said.
Despite inclement weather, voters came out in large numbers at all the polling booths and exercised their democratic rights without any disturbance, officials said.
"Polling for the by-election in all 55 booths began at 7 am amidst tight security. Voters were seen standing in queues at various polling centres to exercise their democratic right," Returning Officer Debjani Choudhury said.
She said that webcasting has been ensured in all the booths apart from EVMs with VVPATs to maintain total transparency during the voting process.
A total of 46,142 voters will decide the fate of six candidates in the by-election. The by-election was necessitated by the death of Assembly Speaker and local MLA Biswa Bandhu Sen of the BJP last December.
