the place is nagaland. right in the northeast of the country. about 1,500 mimes from here.u went any farther, you'd be in myanmar or burma. we've been monitoring polling there. after the record turnout, i wonder what voting has been like where you are today. >> reporter: john, i'm at a polling station which has been set up inside a primary school here in nagaland. you can just look at very typically the scene behind me. it's been about 45 minutes since the polls closed. the officials have just been gathering all the paperwork. sealing the ballot boxes. in this case electronic voting machines. ready to take them away. and we have these fantastic -- to take all the officials and also all the armed policemen and soldiers. you can just see them over here. they've been standing guard all day. this is, after all, a somewhat sensitive area. you've already talked about the fact that we are very close to myanmar. they've been on duty all day. not having much to do, really. because it was a fairly sedate day when it came to voting here. now, i was saying to you a couple of days ago f