Tripura Assembly Election 2023: The BJP has crossed the half-way mark and is set to form the government again.. The elections to the 60 assembly constituencies in Tripura were held on February 16, with around 89.98 per cent of voters exercising their franchise. Check out the full list of winners and losers.
Votes for the Tripura Assembly election of 2023, which was held on February 16 and was intended to choose the next state government, are currently being counted. The election was viewed as a three-cornered, high-stakes contest between the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Left-Cong alliance, and debutante Tipra Motha.
Chief minister Dr. Manik Saha has won from the Town Bardowali who defeated Congress' Asish Kumar Saha. All eyes will be on the performance of the ruling BJP, following its 2018 victory when it ended the 25 year-long rule of the Left. Meanwhile, this time, Congress and the Left have joined hands to challenge the BJP.
Here's a complete list of winners and losers:
Agartala: Sudip Roy Barman (Congress)
Amarpur: Ranjit Das (BJP)
Ambassa: Suchitra Debbarma (BJP)
Ampinagar: Pathan Jamatia (Tipra Motha Party)
Asharambari : Animesh Debarma (Tipra Motha Party)
Badharghat : Minarani Sarkar (BJP)
Bagbassa: Jadab Lal Nath (BJP)
Bagma: Ram Pada Jamatia (BJP)
Bamutia: Nayan Srakar (CPI M)
Banamalipur: Gopal Chandra Roy (Congress)
Barjala: Sudip Sarkar (CPI M)
Belonia: Dipankar Sen (CPI M)
Bishalgarh: Sushanta Deb (BJP)
Boxanagar: Shamsul Hoque (CPM)
Chandipur: Tinku Roy (BJP)
Charilam: Subodh Deb Barma (Tipra Motha Party)
Chhawmanu: Sambhu Lal Chakma (BJP)
Dhanpur: Pratima Bhoumik (BJP)
Dharmanagar: Biswa Bandhu Sen (BJP)
Fatikroy: Sudhangshu Das (BJP)
Golaghati: Manab Debbarma (Tipra Motha Party)
Hrishyamukh: Asoke Mitra (CPI M)
Jolaibari : Sukla Noatia (IPFT)
Jubarajnagar: Sailendra Chandra Nath (CPI M)
Kadamtala-Kurti: Islam Uddin (CPI M)
Kailashahar: Birajit Sinha (Congress)
Kakraban-Salgarah: Jitendra Majumder (BJP)
Kalyanpur-Pramodenagar: Pinaki Das Chowdhury (BJP)
Kamalasagar: Antara Sarkar Deb (BJP)
Kamalpur: Manoj Kanti Deb (BJP)
Kanchanpur: Philip Kumar Reang (Tipra Motha Party)
In total, 28.12 lakh voters, or 89.98%, utilised their right to vote on February 16 during the Tripura assembly polls. The trends for five to eight rounds of voting are expected by noon. As many as 259 candidates from different political parties are in the fray.
Meanwhile, exit polls had given BJP a clean sweep in Tripura. According to Axis My India, the BJP alliance could win 36-45 of the 60 seats, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) alliance 6-11 and the Tipra Motha Party (TMP) 9-16.
Matrize, meanwhile, has predicted 29-36 seats for BJP+, 13-21 for CPM+, 11-16 for TMP and three for others. Jan Ki Baat has predicted 29-40 seats for BJP+, 9-16 for CPM+, 10-14 for TMP and one for others. ETG has predicted 24 seats for BJP+, 21 for CPM+, 14 for TMP and one for others.