Voting in 59 seats of Tripura's 60-seat assembly began at 7 am on Sunday. Polling in Charilam constituency was postponed to March 12 after the death of Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI(M) candidate Ramendra Narayan Debbarma. The Election Commission had set up 3,174 polling stations in Tripura; 47 of them were managed by women.