Mizoram, Dec 05 (ANI): Amid tight security, polling for the 40 seat Mizoram assembly was held peacefully on November 25th. Over 6.9 lakh voters including 3.5 lakh women exercised their franchise at 1,126 polling stations to decide the fate of 142 candidates. The voter turnout this year has surpassed that of the 2008 assembly elections. The counting is scheduled to take place on 9th December. For the very first time, the election commission had introduced the Voter verifiable Paper Audit Trail system for voting in 10 assembly constituencies in the state.
