Tripura By-polls

The June 23 by-polls to four assembly seats will begin the end of BJP governance in Tripura and the end will be the assembly polls due next year, Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Tuesday.

Amid the high stake by-poll battle in Tripura, Dr Saha also refuted the opposition charge that he is a 'stop-gap' chief minister and said he would be the face of the party in the 2023 assembly polls.

Tripura By-Polls: In the run up to by-elections in Tripura, the Trinamool Congress released the "Tripura Files" to show "misrule, under development" in the state. The short documentary film is made in many episodes, TMC's Rajib Banerjee said.

Sporadic clashes in Bengal and Tripura on Thursday marred the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, in which 66 per cent polling took place. In both places, candidates came under attack and voters clashed with the police, alleging that they were not allowed to vote. Polling was peaceful in Tamil Nadu, where election in one of the 39 Lok Sabha se...

Tripura's ruling CPM has won both assembly seats for which by-elections were held, retaining one and wresting the other from the Congress. It defeated nearest rival the BJP in Barjala and the Trinamool in Khowai.

By-elections were held in six states and one union territory today - the polls are expected to be the first referendum since the ban on 500 and 1,000 rupee notes was announced by the BJP-led government at the centre.

Tripura's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Tuesday retained the Amarpur assembly seat by a huge margin. The BJP edged out the main opposition Congress to take the second spot.

Over 88 per cent of the 38,843 voters on Saturday cast their ballot in the by-election to the Manu assembly seat in Tripura, election commission officials said.

Moderate to high turnout marked the by-elections held in 36 Lok Sabha and assembly seats spread across ten states in an exercise seen as yet another key test of Narendra Modi government's popularity since it assumed power in May. As polling began, the PM in a tweet, urged voters "across the country today to vote in large numbers".

The Election Commission (EC) today deferred the polling date for election to the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram and by-poll to Hrangturzo Assembly seat to April 11 from April 9 in view of a state-wide bandh called against exercise of franchise by Bru voters lodged in Tripura camps through postal ballots.

Eight months ahead of the crucial assembly polls in the state, the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday retained the Nalchar seat by increasing its victory margin from the previous polls. "CPI-M candidate Tapan Chandra Das, who secured 18,001 votes, defeated Congress nominee Dwijendralal Majumder , who got 13,224 votes, by a margi...

A record 95 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the Nalchar assembly by-poll in Tripura's Sipahijala district on Tuesday.

The June 23 by-polls to four assembly seats will begin the end of BJP governance in Tripura and the end will be the assembly polls due next year, Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Tuesday.

Amid the high stake by-poll battle in Tripura, Dr Saha also refuted the opposition charge that he is a 'stop-gap' chief minister and said he would be the face of the party in the 2023 assembly polls.

Tripura By-Polls: In the run up to by-elections in Tripura, the Trinamool Congress released the "Tripura Files" to show "misrule, under development" in the state. The short documentary film is made in many episodes, TMC's Rajib Banerjee said.

Sporadic clashes in Bengal and Tripura on Thursday marred the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, in which 66 per cent polling took place. In both places, candidates came under attack and voters clashed with the police, alleging that they were not allowed to vote. Polling was peaceful in Tamil Nadu, where election in one of the 39 Lok Sabha se...

Tripura's ruling CPM has won both assembly seats for which by-elections were held, retaining one and wresting the other from the Congress. It defeated nearest rival the BJP in Barjala and the Trinamool in Khowai.

By-elections were held in six states and one union territory today - the polls are expected to be the first referendum since the ban on 500 and 1,000 rupee notes was announced by the BJP-led government at the centre.

Tripura's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Tuesday retained the Amarpur assembly seat by a huge margin. The BJP edged out the main opposition Congress to take the second spot.

Over 88 per cent of the 38,843 voters on Saturday cast their ballot in the by-election to the Manu assembly seat in Tripura, election commission officials said.

Moderate to high turnout marked the by-elections held in 36 Lok Sabha and assembly seats spread across ten states in an exercise seen as yet another key test of Narendra Modi government's popularity since it assumed power in May. As polling began, the PM in a tweet, urged voters "across the country today to vote in large numbers".

The Election Commission (EC) today deferred the polling date for election to the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram and by-poll to Hrangturzo Assembly seat to April 11 from April 9 in view of a state-wide bandh called against exercise of franchise by Bru voters lodged in Tripura camps through postal ballots.

Eight months ahead of the crucial assembly polls in the state, the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday retained the Nalchar seat by increasing its victory margin from the previous polls. "CPI-M candidate Tapan Chandra Das, who secured 18,001 votes, defeated Congress nominee Dwijendralal Majumder , who got 13,224 votes, by a margi...

A record 95 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the Nalchar assembly by-poll in Tripura's Sipahijala district on Tuesday.