Agartala, April 12 -- Polling for the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections will be held today (April 12), with 173 candidates contesting across 28 constituencies, an election official said.

Secretary of the Election Commission for the district council polls, Anurag Sen, said the dispatch of polling personnel began on Saturday morning, and teams have already left for their respective polling stations.

"By the evening, all polling personnel shall reach their respective polling stations. From 7 am onwards the polling process shall be started," he said.

A total of 9,62,547 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the elections, he said.

Sen said the authorities expect cooperation from all political...