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Tripura Polls Highlights: Turnout Drops To Nearly 80%, No Demand For Repolling

Tripura Assembly Elections 2023 Live: The Election Commission said the assembly polls in Tripura remained "largely violence-free".

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Tripura Assembly Election LIVE: Votes will be counted on March 2.

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:

Feb 16, 2023 18:09 (IST)
76.9% Voter Turnout In Tripura Till 5 pm
Tripura recorded a voter turnout of 76.9% till 5 pm. The state recorded 91.4% in the 2018 elections.
Feb 16, 2023 17:13 (IST)
Tripura Polls: Poll Body Notice To Congress, BJP For Online Posts On Tripura Election Day
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

Feb 16, 2023 17:13 (IST)
Massive Rise In Seizures Ahead Of Polls In Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland
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.

Feb 16, 2023 15:12 (IST)
Assembly Polls: 20-Fold Increase In Recovery Of Drugs, Liquor In Poll-Bound States
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.
Feb 16, 2023 14:59 (IST)
Here are the heavyweight candidates contesting in Tripura polls
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Feb 16, 2023 14:18 (IST)
Tripura Election Updates: One Injured In CPI-BJP Clash Outside Polling Station
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.
Feb 16, 2023 13:56 (IST)
Tripura Elections 2023 LIVE Updates: 51.4% Voter Turnout Till 1 PM
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.
Feb 16, 2023 12:58 (IST)
Feb 16, 2023 12:17 (IST)
Tripura elections: BJP Is Contesting In 55 Seats

The BJP has partnered with the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura for the election. The BJP has declared candidates for 55 assembly seats, leaving the remaining five seats for its ally.
Feb 16, 2023 12:04 (IST)
Feb 16, 2023 11:54 (IST)
Feb 16, 2023 11:38 (IST)
Tripura Elections 2023 LIVE Updates: 31.2% Voter Turnout Till 11 AM
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.
Feb 16, 2023 11:29 (IST)
Tripura Elections 2023 LIVE Updates - CPI Supporter Beaten Outside Polling Station: Report

One CPI supporter was beaten outside Kalacherra polling station in 36-Shantirbaazar constituency in South Tripura, reports ANI. "Suo Motu FIR has been lodged in Shantirbaazar PS. We'll arrest the culprits soon," a police official said, according to ANI.
Feb 16, 2023 11:12 (IST)
28 Lakh Voters Eligible To Vote In Tripura

About 28.13 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise during the day in 3,337 polling stations of the northeastern state to determine the fate of 259 candidates, according to the Election Commission.
Feb 16, 2023 10:20 (IST)
Security personnel help octonegenarian lady to cast vote

The polling for the Tripura Assembly elections started at 8am amid tight security. In Belonia area, an octogenarian lady went to the polling station to cast her vote and was helped by the Central Armed Police Forces personnel (CAPF) there to enter the polling booth in South Belonia.
Feb 16, 2023 09:49 (IST)
Tripura Elections 2023 LIVE Updates: 13.7% Voter Turnout Till 9AM

About 13.7 per cent of the eligible voters have exercised their franchise till 9 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.
Feb 16, 2023 09:25 (IST)
Feb 16, 2023 09:25 (IST)
Tripura assembly election: BJP won 36 seats in 2018 polls
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.
Feb 16, 2023 09:03 (IST)
Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha casts vote in Agartala

Manik Saha is BJP's candidate from Town Bordowali. After casting vote, he says, "It feels good. I urge all voters to cast their vote."
Feb 16, 2023 08:55 (IST)



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