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Ruling Congress nominee and sitting MP C L Ruala is leading by a margin of around 2,000 votes against Robert Romawia Royte, an Independent candidate sponsored by eight opposition parties under the banner of United Democratic Front (UDF) in the first round of the counting of votes for the lone Mizoram Lok Sabha seat.
Counting of votes began this morning at 8 AM in all the district headquarters of the eight districts.
Votes polled by Bru voters in the six relief camps in Tripura were also being counted at the Sub-Divisional Headquarters of Kanchanpur in North Tripura by 24 counting officials sent from Mizoram.
The contest in the Mizoram Lok Sabha seat was among three candidates - the sitting MP C.L. Ruala of the ruling Congress, Michael Lalmanzuala of the Aam Aadmi Party and Robert Romawia Royte an independent candidate sponsored by the eight opposition party combine called the United Democratic Front (UDF).
Counting of votes began this morning at 8 AM in all the district headquarters of the eight districts.
Votes polled by Bru voters in the six relief camps in Tripura were also being counted at the Sub-Divisional Headquarters of Kanchanpur in North Tripura by 24 counting officials sent from Mizoram.
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Out of the 7,09,110-strong electorate, 4,26,083 voters (61.06 per cent), including 2,134,77 women, exercised their franchise while 7,993 voters out of the 11,243 Bru electors in the Tripura relief camps cast their ballot.
The contest in the Mizoram Lok Sabha seat was among three candidates - the sitting MP C.L. Ruala of the ruling Congress, Michael Lalmanzuala of the Aam Aadmi Party and Robert Romawia Royte an independent candidate sponsored by the eight opposition party combine called the United Democratic Front (UDF).