Around 17.18 percent voter turnout was recorded till 9 a.m. on Tuesday in the Mizoram Assembly polls conducted in all 40 constituencies amid tight security, election officials said. According to the officials, there have been no reports of any untoward incidents so far.
“EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) were not functioning properly in a few polling stations initially causing some delay in balloting. The officials replaced the EVMs expeditiously and voting resumed,” an election official said.
Chief Minister Zoramthanga also could not cast his vote in his first attempt due to the snag in the EVM in the Ramhlun Venglai Primary School polling station in the Aizawl North II constituency and returned home.
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However, Zoramthanga, also the President of the Mizo National Front (MNF), cast his vote later and told the media that he is confident that MNF will again form the government in the hill state for a second consecutive term.
The 79-year-old veteran militant leader turned politician is seeking re-election from the Aizawl East-1 seat for a record seventh time. Mizoram Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati also cast his vote in the Venghlui government primary school polling station under the Aizawl South-1 constituency.
With favorable weather conditions, men and women in large numbers queued up in front of polling stations before the voting for 40 Assembly seats started at 7 a.m. The polling would continue in 1,276 polling stations across the mountainous state till 4 p.m. without any break. In all 8,57,063 voters, including 4,39,026 females, will decide the electoral fate of 174 candidates, including 16 women.
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