Agartala, Feb 07: For the Tripura assembly elections 2023, the state is set to introduce a ‘vote-from-home’ system enabling senior citizens and people with disability to exercise their Right to Vote while sitting at home.

The Tripura Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said that senior citizens above the age of 80 will only be able to avail of the vote-from-home option from 8th February 2023.

Tripura Chief Electoral Officer Kiran Gitte said that the “Election Commission of India has made special provision for the old age people and the person with disabilities ‘To vote at their Home’ so that they don’t need to go the polling booth physically. We have given this option to our 36,000 old age people and 17,000 persons with disabilities. We got the response from about 6,500 – 80 plus old age voters that they would like to vote at their home. Similarly, about 1,600 with disabilities want to cast vote at their home. From tomorrow about 8,000 people will be voting across the state. Our teams will be going to their house, and the team consisting of polling officers, micro observers, and 100 security and security personnel will be there. I request all the voters to maintain the secrecy of your cast vote.”

An adequate number of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPFs) have strengthened the state capital ahead of the Assembly Elections adding that flag march and night patrolling are also being conducted in Agartala.

The voting for Assembly Elections 2023 will be held on February 16 in Tripura. Results are set to be declared on Mar 2, 2023.

The “vote-from-home” has long been under discussion and was even proposed in the states of Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, among others ahead of state assembly elections here. However, the idea posed a considerable logistical challenge to the election commission at the time.