Date:01/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/01/stories/2008120150370100.htm

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Election campaign ends in Mizoram

AIZAWL: Campaigning for elections to the 40-member Mizoram Assembly ended on Sunday, setting the stage for polling on Tuesday when 6,11,124 people will cast their votes.

There were no street campaigns and ‘padayatras’ by the political leaders till the close of campaigning by 4 p.m.

The 722-km international border along Bangladesh and Myanmar has been sealed as also the borders with Manipur, Assam and Tripura.

Most of the polling booths in border areas are classified as hyper-sensitive or sensitive and additional State police personnel were deployed along the borders, especially with Manipur and Assam.

– PTI