This Article is From Apr 12, 2014

Sikkim polls get underway

Sikkim polls get underway

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) Chief P S Golay addresses a public meeting at Rangpo in Sikkim

Gangtok: Enthusiastic voters turned up at the polling booths Saturday for the lone Lok Sabha constituency of Sikkim.

A total of 362,326 voters, including 175,549 women, are eligible to cast their ballot.

Just six candidates are in the fray. (Full coverage: India Votes 2014)

As many as 24.62 percent of the voters are in the age group of 18-25.

Balloting is taking place at 538 polling booths across the state. (India Votes 2014: Candidates / Schedule)

Sitting MP Prem Das Rai of the Sikkim Democratic Front is re-contesting, while Akar Dhoj Limbu from the Congress, Nar Bahadur Khatiwara from the Bharatiya Janata Party and Kaushal Rai of Aam Aadmi Party are hoping to give him a fight.


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