BJP wins 3 seats, Congress 1 in crucial Tripura by-elections
The Hindu
Thanking the people of the State for voting for the BJP, the Chief Minister said that the results reflect an understanding between the CPI(M) and the Congress
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won three assembly seats and the Congress bagged one in the high-stakes by-elections in Tripura on Sunday, officials said.
Chief Minister Manik Saha won the bypoll to the crucial Town Bardowali seat by 6,104 votes. Mr. Saha secured 17,181 votes, which is 51.63% of the total votes polled, as per the Election Commission.
Mr. Saha’s nearest rival Asish Kumar Saha of the Congress bagged 11,077 votes or 33.29% of the total votes.
Congress candidate Sudip Roy Barman won the Agartala seat by a margin of 3,163 votes. Mr Barman secured 17,241 votes, which is 43.46% of the total votes polled.
Mr. Barman’s nearest rival Ashok Sinha of the BJP got 14,268 votes (35.57%).
With this victory, Mr. Roy Barman became the only Congress MLA in the assembly after the party's complete rout in the 2018 assembly elections.
The CPI(M) lost its citadel of Jubarajnagar to the BJP by a margin of 4,572 votes. BJP candidate Malina Debnath got 18,769 votes (51.83%), while CPI(M)'s Shailendra Chandra Nath secured 14,197 votes (39.2%).
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