Agartala, April 9 Over 15 per cent of the total electorate turned out to vote in the by-election to Tripura's Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in the first two hours of polling on Thursday.
A little over 46,000 voters from the constituency in North Tripura will decide the fate of six candidates in the by-poll, which was necessitated by the death of Assembly Speaker and local MLA Biswa Bandhu Sen of the BJP last December.
An official said that 15.63 per cent voting was recorded till 9 am. The polling began at 7 am and will continue till 5 pm.
Voting is expected to gain momentum as the day progresses, District Election Officer, North Tripura, Chandni Chandran, told
