Polling is underway in the Assembly constituency of Charilam in Tripura, where the election was postponed due to the death of the CPI(M) candidate, Ramendra Narayan Debbarma, a week before the scheduled poll.
Election in 59 seats for the 60-member Assembly was held on February 18.
Newly-appointed Deputy Chief Minister and state BJP vice-president Jishnu Deb Burman is also contesting from the seat. Additional Chief electoral Officer Tapas Ray said that 35.45 per cent of votes were cast till 11 am and no untoward incident was reported.
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