AGARTALA, March 17 -- Elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) will be held on April 13, state election commissioner (SEC) Manoj Kumar announced on Tuesday. The counting of votes will take place on April 17.

Kumar told reporters that the formal poll notification will be issued on March 18 and the polling for all 28 seats will be held on April 13. "The entire election process is slated for completion by April 18," Kumar added.

A total of 9,62,697 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise.

"The notification of the poll would be issued on March 18. The last date for candidates to file nominations would be March 25, while scrutiny of their nomination papers would be on March 26. The last date of with...