Agartala, Feb 16 : The voting for the Tripura Assembly elections began on Thursday morning amid tight security measures, election officials said.

The voting, which began at 7am,  will be held under tight security till 4 pm at 3,337 polling stations, out of which 1,100 were identified as sensitive and 28 as critical.

As many as 31,000 polling personnel and 25,000 security personnel of central forces are ready to conduct the election to the 60-member House in a free, fair and peaceful manner, said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Gitte Kirankumar Dinakarro.