Mizoram polls: 70% turnout in Bru relief camps

Aizawl: At least 70 percent poll turnout was reported from the six Bru relief camps in North Tripura district during the three-day polling for the coming elections to the 40-member Mizoram assembly, state joint chief electoral officer H Lalengmawia today said. Polling began on Tuesday last and concluded today in the relief camps of Naisingpara, Asapara, Hazacherra, Khakchangpara, Kaskau and Hamsapara, said Lalengmawia.[caption id=“attachment_1242625” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Representational image. PTI[/caption] The EC had instructed the state election department to conduct the polling in relief camps on 19 and 20 November. However, the polling, which was conducted through postal ballots, could not be completed yesterday due to slow process of the exercise and the Commission granted permission to continue the franchise today, Lalengmawia said. The 11,612-strong Bru electorate in the relief camps were exercising franchise through postal ballots in the camps for the Mizoram polls to be held on 25 November. Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath, while visiting Mizoram recently had said Bru voters lodged in the camps in Tripura would be allowed to exercise franchise in the camps in accordance with the Delhi High Court order of 1999. PTI