AGARTALA, Feb 17 (TIWN): Among the 3,214 polling stations in Tripura there are 47 police stations which will be totally controlled by women polling personnel. From Group-D to Presiding officers everyone will be women, except 'voters', who will be from both men and women. All the polling personnel have left for their destinations today for their polling stations to conduct the election. State Election office said that there are 47 all women managed polling stations out of total 3214. West DM Milind Ramteke said, "Each and everyone inside the polling station including Group-D employees will be women and that's the uniqueness of the polling stations". The women driven booths will remain open for male electorates as well as female. The CEO Sriram Taranikant said that women driven polling stations is a symbolic gesture as they attach a lot of importance to gender parity. They also expressed that it is a goal of Election Commission to ensure more participation of women in the electoral process.

In the previous 2013 state poll, 50 seats were won by the Left Front led by CPI(M).

With campaigning ending this evening, all eyes are now riveted on the voting on Sunday.

A total 25,734,13 voters, male 13,05,375,female 12,68,027 and 11 of Third gender are eligible cast vote on February 18. There are 47,803 new voters in 2018 poll.

There are a total of 307 candidates whose fate would be sealed in EVMs on February 18.