Tight security for voting in Mizoram

A woman shows her ink-marked finger after casting vote for Lok Sabha polls in Aizawl, Mizoram on Friday.
Voting for the lone Lok Sabha constituency and an Assembly by-poll in Mizoram began on Friday, for which additional eight companies of central para-military forces had been deployed. (PTI)

Voters wait to cast their votes for Lok Sabha polls in Aizawl, Mizoram on Friday. (PTI)

State Chief Electoral Officer Ashwani Kumar said the turnout would be higher than 50.93 per cent recorded in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls but it might not reach 83.41 per cent as in the 2013 state Assembly polls.
A voter shows her ink-marked finger after casting vote for Lok Sabha polls in Aizawl, Mizoram on Friday. (PTI)

Congress has fielded its sitting MP C L Ruala, while UDF has nominated Robert Romawia Royte. AAP has put up Michael Lalmanzuala as its candidate for the seat.
A voter shows her ink-marked finger after casting vote for Lok Sabha polls. (PTI)

An electorate of 7,02,189, of whom 3,55,954 are women are eligible to cast votes in 1,126 polling stations.
Voters wait in a queue to cast their votes for Lok Sabha polls in Aizawl. (PTI)

In 385 polling stations, mainly in urban areas, the VVPAT system, under which a paper trail would show the voters their choice of candidates, has been installed.
Voters wait to cast their votes for Lok Sabha polls. (PTI)