Aizawl, Dec 3 (PTI) A total of 80.21 per cent of over 56,000 voters exercised their franchise in the Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC) polls held in Mizoram on Wednesday, a senior election official said.

However, a polling official died due to a suspected heart attack.

Mizoram State Election Commissioner H Lalthlangliana said that voting was held peacefully from 7 am to 4 pm. Show Full Article

No law and order incident was reported in any of the 111 polling stations during the nine-hour voting, he said.

Of the total 56,873 electors, 45,617 people cast their votes in the council polls, he said.

Lalthlangliana, however, expressed regret over the death of a polling official.

He said that Israel M S Dawngliana (43), a resident of Lawngtlai’s Council Veng, who was deployed at Lungtia

See Full Page