LIVE Updates | Kailashahar Assembly Election Voting 2023 Tripura: Moboshar Ali vs Md. Abdul Matin vs Birajit Sinha - Check Latest Updates

Polling for the Tripura assembly elections began amid tight security at 7 am. Former CPI (M) leader and MLA Moboshar Ali will contest for the BJP against Congress state chief Birajit Sinha and AIT's Md. Abdul Matin, scroll down for the latest updates.

Kailashahar Live: Polling across all the 60 Assembly seats in Tripura began on Thursday morning at 7 AM amid tight security. The polling exercise will conclude at 4 PM. According to the Election Commission of India, polling is underway at 3,337 polling stations. As many as 1,100 polling stations have been identified as sensitive and 28 as critical. Kailashahar Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India. In 2018, this constituency was won by the Communist Party Of India (marxist). In 2018, Moboshar Ali of the Communist Party Of India (marxist) won the seat by defeating Nitish De of the Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 4834 votes. Kailashahar Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura which comes under the Unakoti district of the state. Kailashahar is the fourth largest urban area in Tripura, located near the northwest Bangladesh border. 

It serves as the administrative hub for the Unakoti district and is a municipal council inside the Gaurnagar block. The longest river in Tripura, Manu, flows through the city and is flanked by Unakoti hills. The Tripuri Kingdom's first capital was Kailashahar. About 136.8 kilometres separate the Town from Agartala, the nation's capital. The Town and Bangladesh are separated by a 320.46 km long international border. Moboshar Ali, a candidate for the Communist Party of India (Marxist), is the current MLA for the Constituency. With 18,093 votes, he defeated BJP contender Nitish De to win the seat for the party in the 2018 Assembly elections by a margin of 4,834 votes.

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16 February 2023

15:34 IST

The information our people get is communicated to Chief Electoral Officer. He is responding in a very positive manner. But what action is taken onground needs to be examined further | Manik Sarkar CPIM leader Tripura and former CM Tripura pic.twitter.com/GTpVMEhypT

— ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2023

14:53 IST

Kailashahar Assembly Election Voting 2023 Live Updates

LIVE Updates | Sabroom Assembly Election Voting 2023 Tripura: 51.35% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 1 pm

#TripuraAssemblyElections2023 | 51.35% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm pic.twitter.com/ZRGxvC6vqb

 ANI (ANI) February 16, 2023

13:09 IST

Kailashahar Assembly Election Voting 2023 Live Updates Tripura: 72 Years-Old Ex-Policeman Casts His Vote

Rajani Kalai, former police employee votes at the age of 72 years. He cast his vote despite being ill.

11:55 IST

Kailashahar Assembly Election Voting 2023 Live Updates

Tripura Voter Turnout till 11 am

Tripura recorded 31.23% voter turnout till 11 am on the polling day for assembly election.

#TripuraAssemblyElections2023 | 31.23% voter turnout recorded till 11 am pic.twitter.com/6C14kYRIRE

— ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2023

10:18 IST

Kailashahar Assembly Election Voting 2023 Live Updates

Urging the people of Tripura to vote in record numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy. I specially call upon the youth to exercise their franchise says Narendra Modi

09:30 IST

Kailashahar Assembly Election Live Updates: Voters from the International Border area

Voters from the International Border area are one the way to cast their vote.@ECISVEEP @SpokespersonECI #TripuraAssemblyElections2023 pic.twitter.com/soGHGj6s4o

— CEO, Tripura (@ceotripura) February 16, 2023

08:59 IST

Kailashahar Assembly Election Voting 2023 Live Updates

#Tripura CM Dr. Manik Saha casts his vote in Agartala. Polling underway in 60 seats of #Tripura. #TripuraAssemblyElections2023 pic.twitter.com/6MAJkhI6ee

— Pooja Mehta (@pooja_news) February 16, 2023

08:47 IST

Kailashahar Assembly Election 2023 Live Updates

The counting for the Tripura Assembly Elections 2023 began at 7 AM amid tight security.