Shillong, Aug 22: Electorates of South Tura and Ranikor Assembly constituencies will vote on Thursday in the bye elections that will decide the fate of eight candidates including Chief Minister, Conrad K. Sangma.

Polling will be held from 7 am to 5 pm in all polling booths in the two constituencies, amid tight security.

In South Tura, Conrad of the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) and his opponents – Charlotte W. Momin of the Congress, who former MLA, John Leslee K. Sangma and Chris Kabul Sangma are in the fray as Independents.

Like in South Tura, Ranikor also saw a quadripartite contest where former Assembly Speaker and five-time MLA, Martin M. Danggo who quit the Congress and joined the National People’s Party is fighting with three other opponents.

Pius Marweiñ of the United Democratic Party, former Mawsynram MLA, P.N. Syiem of the People’s Democratic Front and Jackuis Sangma of the opposition Congress are in the fray wanting to defeat Danggo.

Ranikor has a total of 29,670 general electors spread across 65 polling booths which include 15,183 male and 14,487 female voters.

Including 15 service voters, the total voters in Ranikor is 29,685.

Ranikor has 65 polling booths, and Nongkdait with 901 voters is the biggest polling booth. Nongbahjynrin-Mawthabah with 63 voters, is the smallest polling booth.

Ten polling stations under Ranikor Assembly constituency are non-motorable. In these polling booths, runners will act as messengers where they would collection information and updates from polling stations and then share the same with a sector officer who is stationing at the nearest motorable point.

Ranikor got four companies of CAPF and South Tura constituency also got four companies of CAPF being deployed on the polling day.

In the February-27 Assembly polls this year, Ranikor recorded a polling percentage of 89.5.

In South Tura, 30,440 voters which include 14,966 male voters, and 15474 female voters will decide the fate of the chief minister and other three candidates.

There are also 37 service voters, and 35 persons with disabilities (PwDs) voters.

The polling station with highest number of voters is Matchakolgre Community Hall (1337 voters) and the polling station with lowest voters is Leper Colony (151 voters).

An all women polling station has been set up Upper Babupara (L.G.B. Higher Secondary School), and two model polling stations – Tura Govt. College (Room No. 1 Separate building) and Tura Govt. College (Room No. 2 Separate building). The PwD model polling station is Leper Colony L.P. School.

Polling in the Assembly polls was 73.59 per cent.