Agartala, Nov 09: Tripura is all set to go to Assembly elections early next year. The political parties and the Election Commission already geared up their preparations in view of the assembly polls, setting the tune for the poll battle.

As part of the preparations, the draft voters’ list was published on Wednesday and an-all party meeting was held on Tuesday.

Representatives of BJP, IPFT, Congress, CPI-M, Trinamool Congress, CPI, TSP and Amra Bangali attended the meeting and placed their views.

Chief Electoral officer (CEO) of Tripura- Kiran Gitte in a press conference said the assembly elections are likely to be held in third week of February as per the calendar of the Election Commission of India.

He said, as per the draft electoral rolls published on Wednesday, there are 27,33,891 voters— 13,80,181 males, 13,53,664 females and 46 third genders. 

The figure included 10,349 service voters, 14,671 PWD voters and 44,813 voters in 80+ age groups, he said, adding that the number of polling stations in all sixty assembly constituencies is 3328.

The final voter list would be published on January 5 next, he said, adding that Badharghat is the constituency with the highest 60000 plus voters while the constituency with the lowest 36,000 voters Krishnapur.

Gitte said, the State Election Commission appointed two observers- Pradip Kumar Chakraborty and Tapas Kumar Roy to oversee the ongoing special summary revision. They would look after four districts each.

The CEO said, special camps would be carried out in Class-XII schools for advance enrollment of 17+ youths. Besides, Booth Level Officers of the Election Commission and Booth Level Agents of the political parties would visit door-to-door and identify the 17+ youths.

He said, all the political activities would be monitored closely. In case of any incident, there would be quick response. He said, there are 43 Returning Officers (ROs), 121 AROs and 3328 polling stations in Tripura.

Replying to a question, he said, rehabilitation of the Bru families is underway. Around 2000 families are yet to be rehabilitated in new locations. Once the process is completed, 100 percent Bru voters would be enrolled during the Special Summary revision, he said.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission in a letter to the Chief Secretary and the Chief Electoral Officer already issued instructions regarding transfer and posting of government officers. The Election Commission has asked to ensure that the officers who are directly connected with the conduct of the elections are not posted in their home districts or in the place where they served for considerably long period.