Guwahati, April 19 -- According to reports, over 36.75 per cent of the 4.64 lakh voters in Sikkim have exercised their franchise till 1 pm on Friday for 32 Assembly seats and in the lone Lok Sabha constituency.

The voting for all the Assembly constituencies and the lone Lok Sabha seat in Sikkim began at 7 am and will end at 5 pm.

There are 573 polling stations where polling is currently underway, out of which 88 are in urban and 485 in rural areas, Sikkim Chief Electoral Officer D Anandan said.

Prem Singh Tamang, Sikkim Chief Minister, who is heading the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM)'s bid for a second term in power, cast his vote in his native Soreng district, where he is contesting from the Soreng-Chakung assembly constituenc...