Tripura recorded 79.5% voter turnout on Thursday as the state witnessed a three-cornered contest for the 60-member assembly. In 2018, the state recorded 91.4 per cent turnout.
The Election Commission said the assembly polls in Tripura remained "largely violence-free" and that Bru migrant voters were able to cast their votes for the first time in many years.
No complaints have been received so far by the Election Commission demanding repolling, officials said.
The main contestants in the elections were the BJP-IPFT combine, CPI(M)-Congress alliance and the Tipra Motha, a regional party formed by the scion of the northeastern state's former royal family.
Votes will be counted on March 2.
Here are the Highlights on Tripura Elections 2023:
Tripura recorded a voter turnout of 76.9% till 5 pm. The state recorded 91.4% in the 2018 elections.
The Chief Electoral Officer of Tripura today issued notices to the state units of the Congress and the BJP as well as BJP national general secretary Dilip Saikia for seeking votes on Twitter when polling is underway in the northeastern state. Read here
Seizures totalling over Rs 147 crore have been recorded so far in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland, marking a 20-fold increase in recovery of drugs, liquor and cash meant to induce voters in the run up to the polls, the Election Commission said. Read here.
Seizures totalling over Rs 147 crore have been recorded so far in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland, marking a 20-fold increase in recovery of drugs, liquor and cash meant to induce voters in the run up to the polls, the Election Commission said on Thursday.
A person allegedly suffered a leg injury during a clash between suppporters of the ruling BJP and Opposition CPI outside a polling booth in Tripura, amid the ongoing Assembly elections in the state, news agency ANI reported. The alleged took place outside the Kalacherra polling station in Shantirbazaar Assembly constituency in the south Tripura district.
About 51 per cent of the eligible voters have exercised their franchise till 1 pm. A three-cornered high voltage election campaign where the ruling BJP faces off with the Left-Cong alliance on the one hand and the Tipra Motha on the other will culminate today when the electorate casts its vote.
#ElectionsWithNDTV | Watch: Former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on #TripuraElections2023 pic.twitter.com/qVzOeHN8b8
- NDTV (@ndtv) February 16, 2023
Watch LIVE | Tipra Motha Chief Pradyot Deb Barman (@PradyotManikya) on #TripuraElections2023 https://t.co/hMlRpgaRS6 pic.twitter.com/xux65F5RiD
- NDTV (@ndtv) February 16, 2023
About 31 per cent of the eligible voters have exercised their franchise till 11 am. A three-cornered high voltage election campaign where the ruling BJP faces off with the Left-Cong alliance on the one hand and the Tipra Motha on the other will culminate today when the electorate casts its vote.
#NDTVExclusive | "We'll Win:" Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha (@DrManikSaha2) Hopes To Retain Power #TripuraElections2023 #ElectionsWithNDTV pic.twitter.com/AmLszo9Fb0
- NDTV (@ndtv) February 16, 2023
For more than 30 years, Tripura was ruled by the CPM, till the upset in 2018, when the BJP scripted history, winning 36 of the 60 seats in a state where it practically had no presence.
Urging the people of Tripura to vote in record numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy. I specially call upon the youth to exercise their franchise.
- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 16, 2023
#TripuraElections2023: Polling To 60-Member Assembly Today https://t.co/uzGqMAueeL
- NDTV (@ndtv) February 16, 2023
NDTV's Ratnadip Choudhury reports pic.twitter.com/QGukMfb3DF
#TripuraElections2023: Polling To 60-Member Assembly Today https://t.co/uzGqMAueeL
- NDTV (@ndtv) February 16, 2023
NDTV's Ratnadip Choudhury reports pic.twitter.com/QGukMfb3DF
Urging the people of Tripura to vote in record numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy. I specially call upon the youth to exercise their franchise.
- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 16, 2023
#TripuraElections2023 | Voters exercise their franchise in Gomati pic.twitter.com/l1aquRfGW0
- ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2023
Tripura Polls: BJP Hopes For More As CPM Tries To Claw Back: 10 Points
